| 摘要 |
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for thinning a portion of a glass ribbon drawn from a forming body. The thinning is produced by directing a flow of heated gas from a heating nozzle at a predetermined position on the glass ribbon. As the glass ribbon descends from the forming body, the thinned portion gross lengthwise along the glass ribbon edge portions of the glass ribbon may be removed from the glass ribbon as the glass ribbon descends from the forming body by propagating a crack along the thinned portion. |
