Glass manufacturing – Processes – With program – time – or cyclic control
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-21
2009-02-03
Tucker, Philip C (Department: 1791)
Glass manufacturing
Processes
With program, time, or cyclic control
C065S104000, C065S106000, C065S114000, C065S287000, C065S349000, C219S388000, C219S400000, C219S411000, C219S518000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07484386
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling a treatment process in safety glass production by means of information representing a load of glass panels. Flat glass panels are conveyed through a heating lehr (2) and a quenching section (22). The treatment process is preceded by using a line camera (6) for reading the information representing a load of glass. This information is used in controlling the treatment process. The load-representing information is supplemented by automated detection of a glass panel's coating or the absence of coating. A glass panel's thickness is also measured. This information about coating and thickness is used in quenching for automated regulation of a quenching time and a blast pressure. Such information is also particularly useful for the automated control of convection heating (3c) included in the heating device.
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Buchanan & Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Glaston Services Ltd. Oy
Nguyen Phu H
Tucker Philip C
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