US 11,878,928 B2
Methods of processing a viscous ribbon
Craig Marshall Phenes, Danville, KY (US); Robert Wendell Sharps, Corning, NY (US); Nicholas Leon Susch, Painted Post, NY (US); and Lianggong Wen, Corning, NY (US)
Assigned to CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/428,139
Filed by Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/013796
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/163054, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/801,835, filed on Feb. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0127180 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G03B 13/04 (2021.01); C03B 13/04 (2006.01); G01N 21/896 (2006.01)
CPC C03B 13/04 (2013.01) [G01N 21/896 (2013.01); C03B 2215/404 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of processing a viscous ribbon comprising:
supplying a molten material from a supply vessel;
forming the molten material into the viscous ribbon, the viscous ribbon traveling along a travel path;
receiving thermal light energy produced from the viscous ribbon;
generating an image of the viscous ribbon from the thermal light energy; and
detecting a defect of the viscous ribbon from the image, the detecting comprising determining a position of the defect.