US 11,738,375 B2
Apparatus and method for cleaning edge director
Jeehun Kim, Anyang-si (KR); Myeonghwan Lee, Cheonan-si (KR); and Kyubyung Oh, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US)
Appl. No. 16/489,498
Filed by CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 23, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/019318
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 28, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/160443, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0026553 (KR), filed on Feb. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0001332 A1, Jan. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. B08B 7/00 (2006.01); B05B 13/02 (2006.01); C03B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 7/0071 (2013.01) [B05B 13/0278 (2013.01); C03B 17/064 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An edge director cleaning apparatus comprising:
a first nozzle pipe comprising a first nozzle tip positioned at a first end of the first nozzle pipe, the first nozzle tip configured to dispense a first flame in a first flame direction of a first flame axis, wherein the first flame direction is configured to extend toward and intersect a first side of a fusion draw plane outwardly spaced from the first nozzle tip;
a second nozzle pipe comprising a second nozzle tip positioned at a first end of the second nozzle pipe, the second nozzle tip configured to dispense a second flame in a second flame direction of a second flame axis, wherein the second flame direction is configured to extend toward and intersect the first side of the fusion draw plane; and
the first flame direction and the second flame direction converge and intersect.