SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING AND REMOVING A PERIPHERAL REGION OF A GLASS SHEET

A glass manufacturing system including a scoring assembly. The scoring assembly including a scoring device disposed along a first surface of a glass ribbon and a backing device disposed along a second surface of the glass ribbon directly opposite the scoring device. The scoring assembly is configure...

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Main Authors Brown, James William, Massaro, Mark Thomas, Zhou, Naiyue
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 17.02.2022
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
CONVEYING
GLASS
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
METALLURGY
MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
STORING
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A glass manufacturing system including a scoring assembly. The scoring assembly including a scoring device disposed along a first surface of a glass ribbon and a backing device disposed along a second surface of the glass ribbon directly opposite the scoring device. The scoring assembly is configured to delineate a peripheral region from a central region of the glass ribbon by forming a vertical score line along the first surface as the glass ribbon moves downward in a y-axial direction between the scoring device and the backing device.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201917312651