Device for handling the edge of a ribbon of float glass, comprising an inclined-axis wheel, and installation comprising such device
OwnerApolonio Magbag, Mustapha Nedjar +1inventors
InventorsApolonio Magbag, Mustapha Nedjar, Hasan Avdijaj
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Abstract
Device for manipulating the edge of a ribbon of glass comprising a wheel, and float glass installation comprising such a device. A device for manipulating the edge of a ribbon of pasty glass travelling on a bath of liquid in a float chamber, comprising a wheel (1) positioned at a distal end of a barrel (2), the wheel (1) being turned about its own axis, this axis being concurrent with the longitudinal geometric axis of the barrel and making therewith a permanent fix angle determined by design, the barrel (2) having a possibility for adjustment in rotation about its longitudinal axis, and installation comprising such a device.
Claims17
A device for handling the edge of a ribbon of glass in viscous form being displaced on a liquid bath in a float chamber, the device comprising:
- a wheel, installed at the distal end of a barrel, wherein the wheel rotates around a wheel axis, and is fitted to the barrel such that the wheel axis coincides with a longitudinal geometric axis of the barrel, the wheel axis and the longitudinal geometric axis forming a permanent fixed angle other than zero, which can not be modified by regulation, and the value of which is determined by design, said value being between 5 and 30°, the wheel being disc-shaped and defining a plane of rotation that is perpendicular to the wheel axis and oblique to the longitudinal geometric axis;
- wherein the barrel is rotatable around the longitudinal geometric axis to modify an orienation of the plane of rotation of the wheel;
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- a means for rotating the wheel.
A device for handling the edge of a ribbon of glass in viscous form being displaced on a liquid bath in a float chamber, the device comprising:
- a barrel having a distal end and a longitudinal geometric axis;
- a wheel coupled to the distal end of the barrel, wherein the wheel rotates around a wheel axis and is coupled to the barrel such that the wheel axis intersects the longitudinal geometric axis of the barrel at a permanent fixed angle between 5° and 30°;
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- wherein the wheel defines a plane of rotation that is perpendicular to the wheel axis, and wherein the plane of rotation does not intersect the barrel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.