Glass ribbon breaking devices and methods of producing glass sheets

Methods of producing a glass sheet each comprise the step of creating a vacuum to force the entire lateral portion of the glass ribbon to engage an anvil portion of a breaking device in the elastic zone. The vacuum is provided by a plurality of pressure zones that are operated independent from one a...

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Main Authors Sakona Dean George, Zheng Zheming, Brown James William, Zhou Naiyue, Mis Jonathan Michael, Kemmerer Marvin William
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 28.11.2017
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
GLASS
HAND TOOLS
MANIPULATORS
MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
METALLURGY
MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS
TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FORFASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Methods of producing a glass sheet each comprise the step of creating a vacuum to force the entire lateral portion of the glass ribbon to engage an anvil portion of a breaking device in the elastic zone. The vacuum is provided by a plurality of pressure zones that are operated independent from one another, wherein each pressure zone is provided with a set of suction cups. In further examples, glass ribbon breaking devices each include a plurality of pressure zones that are configured to be operated independent from one another with each pressure zone being provided with set of suction cups.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201414900720