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US 4,352,221 AGranted
Apparatus for washing curved sheets
AssigneeLibbey-Owens-Ford Co.
InventorsRobert G. Revells, John N. Eggert
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Abstract
An apparatus for washing curved glass sheets comprising a cluster of brushes including a pair of upper brushes and a lower brush mounted above and below, respectively, the horizontal path of movement of the glass sheets. Each brush is formed into an arcuately shaped configuration conforming to the shape of the glass sheets being processed. Each brush is mounted on a composite shaft having an arcuately shaped inner core and an outer, driven, flexible sleeve assuming the shape of the core and rotatable thereabout.
Claims10
An apparatus for washing curved glass sheets comprising:
- a frame, a cluster of brushes mounted on said frame and including at least a pair of opposed rotary brushes above and below the path of movement of a curved glass sheet advanced therebetween, each of said brushes having bent central portions conforming to the shape of the glass sheets being washed, each of said brushes mounted on a composite shaft formed of a fixed, bent inner core member and an outer, flexible rotatable sleeve, and means for rotating said sleeves about said inner core members, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.