Apparatuses for manufacturing glass and methods of managing pulling forces applied to glass ribbon

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9038418
APP PUB NO 20140083138A1
SERIAL NO

13626337

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Methods and apparatuses for managing pulling forces applied to a glass ribbon in a draw apparatus are disclosed. The method includes applying a front-side and a rear-side drive torque to a glass. The method further includes calculating automatically with the at least one electronic controller a front-side and a rear-side average pulling force applied to the glass ribbon and corresponding to a first time period of at least one rotation of the front-side or rear-side stub roller, respectively. The front-side average pulling force and the rear-side average pulling force are compared to establish a pulling force differential between the front-side average pulling force and the rear-side average pulling force. One or more of the front-side drive torque or the rear-side drive torque are modified to decrease the pulling force differential between the front-side average pulling force and the rear-side average pulling force.

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  • COMPANY, INC.;CORNING INCORPORATED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kogge, Chris Scott Danville, US 5 6
Kudva, Gautam Narendra Horseheads, US 39 305
Nishimoto, Michael Yoshiya Shizuoka, JP 21 92

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