Carriage for transporting sheets of glass and for placing them in a press for imparting a convex shape

A device for transporting a sheet of glass through a furnace having a plurality of sheet processing stations including a sheet convexing station having movable forms for pressing a sheet of glass into a convex shape and where said device comprises a carriage movably mounted on a rail extending above said furnace with said carriage having a carrying frame including a first rigid unitary horizontal longitudinal member supporting a plurality of sheet hangers;

• the improvement comprising in that said carriage has a coupling member at its middle adapted to couple with a coupling member positioned at said convexing station to anchor and position said carriage with respect to said convexing station;
• in that said first horizontal longitudinal member is longitudinally and vertically rigidly connected at its center portion to said carriage, and in that horizontal sliding means are provided for slidably connecting other portions of said first horizontal longitudinal member with respect to said carriage.