US 12,214,511 B2
Method and apparatus for back end control of translation and rotation of a green ware
John Christian Duroe, Big Flats, NY (US); and Jeffrey Joe Stott, Watkins Glen, NY (US)
Assigned to Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/774,266
Filed by CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/061413
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/108234, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/940,180, filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388173 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B28B 11/24 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B28B 13/04 (2006.01); B28B 17/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01); B28B 3/26 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1697 (2013.01) [B25J 13/08 (2013.01); B25J 15/0071 (2013.01); B28B 11/248 (2013.01); B28B 13/04 (2013.01); B28B 17/0072 (2013.01); B28B 3/269 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A green ware handling system, comprising:
a track; and
a back end assembly mounted on the track and configured to contact at least a portion of a back end face of a green ware and push the green ware along a support channel, the back end assembly comprising a rotational effector configured to penetrate the back end face of the green ware, and, during translation of the green ware, rotate the green ware around a central longitudinal axis thereof.