Patent ID: 8720227
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: C03B

Abstract:
1. A glass-ribbon conveyance assisting device which is applied to a glass-ribbon conveyance device configured to convey a glass ribbon on a plurality of rotating glass-conveyance rolls of a cooling furnace provided downstream of a glass melting furnace of a glass manufacturing facility, the glass-ribbon conveyance assisting device comprising: a rotary drive section; a plurality of rolls configured to be rotated by the rotary drive section; an annular belt configured to rotate while running with flexion under a state where the rolls have been inserted into the belt; and a wheel configured to press the glass ribbon to the belt, wherein the glass ribbon is formed by being taken out from the melting furnace and is cooled by the cooling furnace, wherein the belt and the wheel are located at a width-directional end portion of the cooled glass ribbon such that the cooled glass ribbon is conveyed on the belt by a drive of the belt under a state where each of width-directional both end portions of the cooled glass ribbon is sandwiched between the belt and the wheel, and wherein the belt is configured to convey the cooled glass ribbon at a speed higher than a conveying speed generated by the plurality of rotating glass-conveyance rolls of the cooling furnace.