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US 5,292,357 AGranted
Device for the supporting and curving of glass sheets
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Vitrage International
InventorsJean Arnould, Christian Pommera, Georges Vallee, Bruno Vandecastele
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Abstract
A support device for glass sheets in a vertical or substantially vertical position serve for holding them during various treatments associated with the operations of curving and/or toughening. The support device is constituted of one or more cross-members (2,3) on which the lower edge face of the glass sheet (1) rests, each cross-member being suspended from a lifting beam (12) by one or more pairs of stays (4) running down the two opposite faces of the glass sheets.
Claims13
Curving device for curving glass sheets, comprising:
- a vertical curving press comprising molds;
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- a support device for supporting the glass sheet in a vertical or substantially vertical position, the support device being comprised of at least one cross-member upon which a lower edge face of a glass sheet rests, a lifting beam from which at least each cross-member is suspended, and at least one pair of stays extending down two opposite faces of glass sheets supported in the supporting device and connecting the cross-members to the lifting beam,
- wherein the molds of the curving press having bearing surfaces for the glass sheet, the bearing surfaces including recesses in which the stays are accommodated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.