US 11,780,760 B2
Systems and methods for processing a glass ribbon
Muhammad Haider Ali Basit, Corning, NY (US); Steven Marshall Eversole, Crab Orchard, KY (US); Nils Paul Fornell, Harrodsburg, KY (US); Allan Mark Fredholm, Vulaines sur Seine (FR); Misha Andre Gerschel, Corning, NY (US); James Tollef Gramstad, Danville, KY (US); Ching-Han Ho, Painted Post, NY (US); Craig Marshall Phenes, Danville, KY (US); and Stephane Poissy, Brunoy (FR)
Assigned to Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US)
Appl. No. 16/647,207
Filed by Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 14, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/051019
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 13, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/055751, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/559,178, filed on Sep. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0290918 A1, Sep. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. C03B 33/023 (2006.01); C03B 33/027 (2006.01); C03B 33/10 (2006.01); C03B 35/16 (2006.01); B65G 49/06 (2006.01)
CPC C03B 33/0235 (2013.01) [B65G 49/061 (2013.01); B65G 49/064 (2013.01); B65G 49/067 (2013.01); C03B 33/027 (2013.01); C03B 33/10 (2013.01); C03B 35/16 (2013.01); C03B 2225/02 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for processing a glass ribbon, the system comprising:
a glass ribbon conveying device comprising an upstream end opposite a downstream end, wherein the glass ribbon conveying device establishes a ribbon travel direction from the upstream end to the downstream end;
a glass scoring device operatively associated with the glass ribbon conveying device between the upstream and downstream ends;
a glass sheet conveying device comprising an upstream section located adjacent the downstream end of the glass ribbon conveying device, wherein the upstream section comprises a sheet support face and establishes a sheet travel direction, the sheet travel direction of the upstream section differing from the ribbon travel direction; and
a transfer device positioned downstream from the downstream end of the glass ribbon conveying device and located in the upstream section of the glass sheet conveying device, the transfer device comprising a receiving surface and an actuator assembly operable to transition the receiving surface between a first vertical position and a second vertical position, wherein the first vertical position is above the sheet support face and the second vertical position is below the sheet support face.