Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100283499 | NON-CONTACT TESTING OF PRINTED ELECTRONICS - Apparatus and methods for non-contact testing of electronic components printed on a substrate ( | 11-11-2010 |
20110030569 | ROLL MECHANICS FOR ENABLING PRINTED ELECTRONICS - A print press system and a method are described herein that print an electronic circuit onto a material (e.g., glass substrate, plastic film, plastic film-glass substrate laminate). In exemplary applications, the print press system can print an electronic circuit onto a material to form, for instance, a flexible Liquid Crystal Display, a retail point of purchase sign and an e-book. | 02-10-2011 |
20120111054 | Methods and Apparatus for Guiding Flexible Glass Ribbons - Methods and apparatus for guiding flexible glass ribbons ( | 05-10-2012 |
20130045366 | Roll of Flexible Glass and Method For Rolling | 02-21-2013 |
20130126576 | APPARATUS AND METHOD CHARACTERIZING GLASS SHEETS - An apparatus and method for continuous edge separation in a continuous process for a ribbon of flexible brittle material such as a thin ribbon of glass is disclosed wherein an initial flaw or score is formed in the ribbon. The initial flaw is turned into a crack that propagates continuously throughout the processing of the ribbon. The cracking itself results in no material loss. After cracking, the cut side edge is routed along a path different than the interior quality region to avoid contact damage between the quality region and the edge portion. The quality region can be provided for further processing or be stored. The flexible, brittle ribbon can be sourced from a hot forming device or from a roll (spool) of substrate. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127487 | NON-CONTACT TESTING OF PRINTED ELECTRONICS - Apparatus and methods for non-contact testing of electronic components printed on a substrate ( | 05-23-2013 |
20130161368 | NON-CONTACT DANCER MECHANISMS, WEB ISOLATION APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - A non-contact dancer mechanism for conveying a web of brittle material includes a guide rail and a variable position web support plenum adjustably positioned on the guide rail. The variable position web support plenum may include an arcuate outer surface with a plurality of fluid vents for emitting a fluid to support the web of brittle material over and spaced apart from the arcuate outer surface thereby preventing mechanical contact and damage to the web of brittle material. A support plenum counterbalance may be mechanically coupled to the variable position web support plenum, wherein the support plenum counterbalance supports at least a portion of the weight of the variable position web support plenum on the guide rail. Apparatuses incorporating the non-contact dancer mechanism and methods for using the non-contact dancer mechanism for handling continuous webs of brittle material are also disclosed. | 06-27-2013 |
20130236675 | STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR SPLICING GLASS RIBBON - A glass ribbon ( | 09-12-2013 |
20130240656 | WINDING GLASS RIBBON BY TENSIONING INTERLEAVING MATERIAL - A method of winding a glass ribbon ( | 09-19-2013 |
20140130649 | METHODS OF PROCESSING A GLASS RIBBON - Methods of processing a glass ribbon are provided. The method comprises the step of traversing the glass ribbon through a travel path at a predetermined velocity and severing the glass ribbon to create an upstream web and a downstream web. The method further includes the step of increasing a relative velocity of a downstream edge portion with respect to an upstream edge portion to create a gap between an upstream severed edge and a downstream severed edge. In other example methods, a segment of the glass ribbon is removed to create a gap between an upstream severed edge and a downstream severed edge. In still further example methods, an upstream severed edge is directed along a second travel path to create a gap between the upstream severed edge and a downstream severed edge. | 05-15-2014 |
20140284412 | ELECTROSTATICALLY PINNED GLASS ROLL, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING | 09-25-2014 |