| 摘要 |
<p>In an apparatus for manufacturing thin sheet glass, comprising a forming body 12 including a main body having a cross-sectional shape converging downwardly, the main body being configured to converging streams of molten glass into a single glass ribbon at a lower converged edge portion thereof, the streams of the molten glass flowing down along both surface of the main body; and edge members, the edge members being configured to restrict a width of the molten glass, wherein the glass ribbon formed by the forming body 12 is downwardly pulled to form thin sheet glass; the apparatus further includes a non-contact support member disposed in the vicinity of the lower converged edge portion of the main body, the non-contact support member being configured to form a thin gas layer on a supporting surface thereof, wherein the glass ribbon is supported over an entire width thereof in a non-contact way by the non-contact support member in a course wherein the glass ribbon is downwardly pulled. <IMAGE></p> |
