US 12,203,320 B2
Apparatus and a method for manufacturing a multi-pane glass unit
Jae-Young Choi, Seoul (KR); Joon Hoi Kim, Yongin-Si (KR); Young-ki Oh, Gwangju (KR); Cheolsoon Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Jin-Wook Song, Seongnam (KR)
Assigned to CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/785,607
Filed by Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/063863
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/126607, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0170213 (KR), filed on Dec. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0032279 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. E06B 3/673 (2006.01); B23P 19/10 (2006.01); B32B 7/02 (2019.01); B32B 7/05 (2019.01); B32B 17/06 (2006.01); B32B 37/02 (2006.01); B32B 37/18 (2006.01); B32B 38/18 (2006.01); B65G 49/06 (2006.01); E06B 3/663 (2006.01); B23P 11/00 (2006.01); E06B 3/66 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 3/67365 (2013.01) [B23P 19/10 (2013.01); B32B 7/02 (2013.01); B32B 7/05 (2019.01); B32B 17/06 (2013.01); B32B 37/02 (2013.01); B32B 37/18 (2013.01); B32B 38/1833 (2013.01); B65G 49/063 (2013.01); E06B 3/66309 (2013.01); E06B 3/67326 (2013.01); B23P 11/00 (2013.01); B32B 2307/102 (2013.01); B32B 2307/304 (2013.01); B32B 2307/732 (2013.01); B32B 2315/08 (2013.01); B32B 2419/00 (2013.01); B32B 2509/10 (2013.01); B32B 2605/08 (2013.01); B32B 2605/10 (2013.01); B65G 49/064 (2013.01); E06B 3/6617 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for manufacturing a multi-pane glass unit, the apparatus comprising:
a first plate configured to hold a first glass pane;
a second plate configured to hold a second glass pane such that the second glass pane faces the first glass pane; and
a conveyer comprising a belt having a first portion configured to convey the first glass pane onto the first plate and a second portion configured to convey the second glass pane onto the second plate,
wherein a surface of the first portion of the belt and a surface of the second portion of the belt are located at different heights in a first direction to locate an edge surface of the second glass pane adjacent to the second portion of the belt of the conveyer to be higher in the first direction than an edge surface of the first glass pane adjacent to the first portion of the belt of the conveyer, and
at least one of the first plate and the second plate is further configured to be movable in a second direction that is not parallel to the first direction such that the second glass pane is attached to the first glass pane.