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US 4,604,124 AGranted
Apparatus for manufacturing of tempered, bent glass sheets
AssigneeGlasstemp of Toledo, Inc.
InventorGottfried Strauss
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Abstract
The apparatus for manufacturing of tempered, bent glass sheets comprises bending means (5) receiving the heated glass sheet in a horizontal position, said bending means (5) including a bending die (8) which, as well as the base supporting the glass sheet, is provided with coolant connections (13).
Claims5
Apparatus for manufacturing tempered, bent glass sheets, comprising:
- (a) a horizontal continuous conveyor for transporting a planar glass sheet into a heating device for softening the glass sheet;
- (b) a vacuum lifting device for lifting the softened glass sheet from the conveyor within the heating device;
- (c) a bending device, having adjustable bending supports, said bending device being movable in a horizontal direction into the heating device beneath the lifted glass sheet,
- (d) a bending die located outside the heating device and movable vertically for positioning above the bending device after the bending device carries the softened glass sheet out of the heating device;
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- (e) coolant segments in the bending device as well as in the bending die for cooling the bent glass sheet, said coolant segments being connectable to a fluid supply pipe to introduce cooling fluid into the cooling segments.
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