US 2018/0170788 A1 · DEVICE FOR HANDLING THE EDGE OF A RIBBON OF FLOAT GLASS, COMPRISING AN INCLINED-AXIS WHEEL, AND INSTALLATION COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE

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.

Claims11

Dependent claims

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°, and
a means for rotating the wheel.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/528,054Filed 19 Nov 2015

Priority

BE 2014/507019 Nov 2014

Published

21 Jun 2018

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

C03B 18/06
Changing or regulating the dimensions of the molten glass ribbon: using mechanical means, e.g. restrictor bars, edge rollers
C03B 18/10
Changing or regulating the dimensions of the molten glass ribbon: using electric means
C03B 18/18
Forming sheets: controlling or regulating the temperature of the float bath; Composition or purification of the float bath
C03B 18/22
Composition of the atmosphere above the float bath; Treating or purifying the atmosphere above the float bath: controlling or regulating the…

Device for handling the edge of a ribbon of float glass, comprising an inclined-axis wheel, and installation comprising such device

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Device for handling the edge of a ribbon of float glass, comprising an inclined-axis wheel, and installation comprising such device

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Abstract

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