US 12,129,133 B2
Glass transportation apparatus and a system for manufacturing multi-pane glass units comprising the same
Jae-Young Choi, Seoul (KR); Joon Hoi Kim, Yongin-Si (KR); Young-Ki Oh, Gwangju (KR); Cheolsoon Park, Suwon-Si (KR); and JinWook Song, Seongnam (KR)
Assigned to CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/785,679
Filed by Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/063866
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/126609, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0170211 (KR), filed on Dec. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0060067 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 49/06 (2006.01); B65G 15/30 (2006.01); B65G 21/20 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B65G 51/03 (2006.01); E06B 3/673 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 49/063 (2013.01) [B65G 15/30 (2013.01); B65G 21/20 (2013.01); B65G 21/2054 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 51/03 (2013.01); E06B 3/67365 (2013.01); B65G 2201/022 (2013.01); B65G 2812/02138 (2013.01); E06B 3/67369 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A glass transportation apparatus comprising:
a plate comprising a main surface facing a main surface of a glass pane;
a gas blowing device coupled to the plate, the device comprising at least one opening and configured to blow a gas through the at least one opening towards the main surface of the glass pane such that the main surface of the glass pane is spaced apart from the main surface of the plate;
a conveyer comprising a belt having an upper surface and a plurality of pulleys configured to circulate the belt, the upper surface of the belt being perpendicular to the main surface of the plate and configured to be in contact with an edge surface of the glass pane; and
a sensor configured to sense a weight and/or a thickness of the glass pane fed into the glass transportation apparatus,
wherein the gas blowing device is configured to adjust a flow rate of the gas to be a first flow rate when the glass pane is an outer glass pane based on the weight and/or the thickness sensed by the sensor, and
the gas blowing device is configured to adjust the flow rate of the gas to be a second flow rate when the glass pane is an inner glass pane that is thinner than the outer glass pane based on the weight and/or the thickness sensed by the sensor, the second flow rate being less than the first flow rate.