JPWO2020264252A5

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Publication number: JPWO2020264252A5
Application number: JP2021578011A
Authority: JP
Publication date: 2023-07-03

Claims

a forming apparatus defining a travel path extending in a travel direction, the forming apparatus configured to convey a ribbon of glass forming material along the travel path in the travel direction;
a cooling tube extending substantially parallel to and transverse to the travel path, the cooling tube including a plurality of orifices spaced along the cooling tube and facing the travel path; ,including,
A glass manufacturing apparatus characterized by:

the cooling tube extends linearly along a cooling axis;
The glass manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1.

the cooling axis is substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel;
The glass manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2.

further comprising a plurality of nozzles, each nozzle of the plurality of nozzles being in fluid communication with a corresponding one or more of the plurality of orifices, each nozzle of the plurality of nozzles being aligned with the travel path; configured to emit an atomized stream of fluid towards
The glass manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

a first nozzle orifice of a first nozzle of the plurality of nozzles comprises a first diameter, and a second nozzle orifice of a second nozzle of the plurality of nozzles comprises the first diameter including a second diameter equal to
The glass manufacturing apparatus according to claim 4.

The plurality of nozzles comprises the first nozzle, the second nozzle spaced a first distance from the first nozzle, and the plurality of nozzles spaced a second distance from the second nozzle. a set of sequentially spaced nozzles including a third nozzle of the second nozzle positioned in series between the first nozzle and the third nozzle; is different from the second distance,
The glass manufacturing apparatus according to claim 5.

a third nozzle orifice of the third nozzle includes a third diameter that is different than the second diameter;
The glass manufacturing apparatus according to claim 6.

The cooling tubes include a plurality of cooling tubes, a first set of the plurality of cooling tubes positioned on a first side of the travel path, and a second set of the plurality of cooling tubes. is positioned on a second side of the travel path;
The glass manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

A method of producing a glass ribbon, comprising:
forming a ribbon of glass-forming material;
moving the ribbon of glass-forming material in a direction of travel along a travel path;
converting the cooling fluid into one or more atomized streams of fluid;
directing one or more spray streams of said fluid toward an area of said ribbon of glass-forming material;
of the glass-forming material by evaporating a portion of the one or more atomized streams of the fluid without contacting the portion of the one or more atomized streams of the fluid with the area of the ribbon of the glass-forming material. cooling the area of the ribbon;
cooling the ribbon of glass-forming material into the glass ribbon;
A method comprising:

said directing one or more atomized streams of said fluid comprises directing a first atomized stream of fluid toward a first side of said ribbon of glass-forming material; and a second atomized stream of fluid. directing a stream toward a second side of the ribbon of glass-forming material;
10. The method of claim 9.

The step of directing one or more atomized streams of the fluid includes directing a third atomized stream of the fluid to the ribbon of the glass-forming material downstream from the first atomized stream of the fluid relative to the direction of travel. directing toward the first side;
11. The method of claim 10.

The step of directing one or more spray streams of the fluid toward the area of the ribbon of glass-forming material comprises: including the step of changing
12. A method according to any one of claims 9-11.

the cooling of the region of the ribbon of glass-forming material includes achieving a substantially uniform temperature of the ribbon of glass-forming material along an axis perpendicular to the direction of travel;
13. The method of any one of claims 9-12.