Straight-through furnaces for heating glass sheets to bending and/or toughening temperature
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Vitrage
InventorsHans-Werner Kuster, Werner Diederen, Carsten Bremer, Wilfried Korsten, Hans-Josef Promper, Reiner Zanders
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Abstract
A straight-through furnace for the heating of glass sheets to their bending and/or toughening temperature is provided with a conveying system bringing the glass sheets (2) in a horizontal position through the furnace (1). The conveying system includes a series of support plates (6). The support plates (6) are each formed of a rigid frame, which is equipped in the manner of a drum skin with a heat-resistant membrane (8) as the support surface for the glass sheet (2).
Claims11
A straight-through furnace for the heating of glass sheets to at least one of their bending and toughening temperature, comprising a conveying system for carrying the glass sheets in a horizontal position through the furnace, said conveying system comprising a series of support plates, each said support plate comprising a rigid frame and a heat resistant membrane stretched in the manner of a drum skin on the frame, said membrane forming a support surface for a glass sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.