Patent ID: 7895861

Claim:
A conformable nosing device for contacting a glass sheet while manufacturing the glass sheet, comprising: a flexible beam; a nosing material attached to a first side of said flexible beam; a support bracket; and a plurality of extendable elements, wherein each extendable element has a first end attached to a predetermined location on said support bracket and a second end attached to a predetermined location on a second side of said flexible beam, and wherein each extendable element is either extended to push on said flexible beam, retracted to pull on said flexible beam or left in a neutral position that neither pushes on or pulls on said flexible beam such that said flexible beam is conformed to have a bowed shape to substantially match a bowed shape of the glass sheet while the glass sheet is in contact with the nosing material, wherein the conformable nosing device is provided with a scoring device configured to score the glass sheet while the flexible beam maintains a bowed shape that substantially matches the bowed shape of the glass sheet in contact with the nosing material.