Patent ID: 11931862
Assignee: SCHOTT AG
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C | IPC B  C

Claim 6:
7. A method for processing glasses, comprising the steps of:
providing a sheet glass element having two opposite parallel faces, an edge connecting the two faces, and a thickness between the two faces of not more than 700 micrometers;
processing the edge to produce an edge surface portion with a convexly curved arc having a length that is at least 1/30 of the thickness, at least one of the faces merging into the edge surface portion; and
further processing the edge to produce furrows in the edge surface portion so that the furrows intersect each other, the furrows having a length that is greater than a width and a depth thereof
wherein the furrows extend obliquely or perpendicularly to each other.