Process and device for supporting and transferring glass sheets

Details Process and device for supporting and transferring glass sheets Process and device for supporting and transferring glass sheets

1994-11-15

1997-04-22

Czaja, Donald E.

Glass manufacturing

Processes

Reshaping or surface deformation of glass preform

65273, 651822, 65289, C03B 2303, C03B 3524, C03B 23023

Patent

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056225393

ABSTRACT:
A device for supporting and transferring, in a shaping station (2), at least the central part of glass sheets which have been heated to their shaping temperature. The device includes a pressurized box (21) generating an air cushion. The box has a plurality of individual compartments (53), transverse with respect to the axis of travel of the glass sheets (28), each of the compartments (53) having a width measured parallel to said axis which is small by comparison with the "height" of the glass sheets and, being provided with gas having at least two pressure distribution levels.

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