CPC C03B 17/064 (2013.01) [B32B 17/06 (2013.01); C03B 17/02 (2013.01); Y02P 40/57 (2015.11)] | 10 Claims |
1. A glass ribbon comprising:
a first clad glass layer and a second clad glass layer;
a core glass layer disposed between the first clad glass layer and the second clad glass layer;
an inner portion and an edge bead extending in a length direction along an edge of the inner portion and thicker than the inner portion, each of the inner portion and the edge bead comprising the core glass layer and the first and second clad glass layers; and
a thickness ratio comprising a ratio of a thickness of the glass core layer to a sum of a thickness of the first glass clad layer and a thickness of the second glass clad layer,
wherein the thickness ratio at all points across an entirety of the glass ribbon in a width direction is within 100% of a mean thickness ratio across the glass ribbon in the width direction, and
wherein, when viewed along the width direction in a cross section through the edge bead, an outermost portion of the core glass layer is flush with or covered by an outermost portion of the first and second clad glass layers.
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