Apparatus for bending glass sheets

Details Apparatus for bending glass sheets Apparatus for bending glass sheets

1989-12-20

1991-01-08

Lindsay, Robert L.

Glass manufacturing

Glassworking or preform by or with reheating means

Planar sheet preform

65287, 65348, C03B 2302

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049832042

ABSTRACT:
A press bending mold having an improved shaping element comprising a flexible, continuous shaping surface that is readily adjustable and easy to fabricate. The shaping element is mounted on a support plate by a plurality of adjustable connectors, and includes a resilient body having an expanded metal grid encapsulated therein. The resilient body may be covered by one or a plurality of sheets of a fibrous, heat-resistant material which, in turn, is covered by a layer of fiberglass cloth, or the such. One or more of the fibrous sheets may be treated with a rigidizer.

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patent: 4357156 (1982-11-01), Seymour
patent: 4522641 (1985-06-01), Hagedorn et al.
patent: 4897102 (1990-01-01), Modesitt et al.

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