A glass-carrier assembly and methods for processing a flexible glass sheet

• Main Authors: CANFIELD, ERIN KATHLEEN, MASTERS, LEONARD THOMAS, LIU, ANPING, LI, XINGHUA, FLEMING, TODD BENSON
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 16.09.2016
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; CONVEYING; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GLASS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

A method of processing a flexible glass sheet having a thickness of equal to or less than 300 [mu]m includes separating an outer edge portion of the flexible glass sheet from a bonded portion of the flexible glass sheet along a separation path while the bonded portion of the flexible glass sheet remains bonded with respect to a first major surface of a carrier substrate. The step of separating the outer edge portion provides the flexible glass sheet with a new outer edge extending along the separation path. A lateral distance between the new outer edge of the flexible glass sheet and an outer periphery of the first major surface of the carrier substrate is equal to or less than about 750 [mu]m.