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Device and method for press bending glass panes

US11203545B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE · FR

Inventors

Peter SCHILLINGS · Eschweiler, DE
Arnaud Borderiou · Compiègne, FR
Arthur PALMANTIER · Aachen, DE
Achim ZEICHNER · Herzogenrath, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 2018
Grant date	Dec 21, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 21, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC03B27/00
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for bending glass panes, includes a lower press-bending mould with a frame-shaped contact surface, an upper press-bending mould arranged opposite the contact surface, wherein the lower press-bending mould and the upper press-bending mould are suitable for reshaping a glass pane situated therebetween by pressing, wherein the side edge of the glass pane rests on the contact surface along a contact line, wherein during pressing, the contact line migrates from a first contact line all the way to a pressing line, and wherein the contact surface between the first contact line and the pressing line is convexly curved.

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