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Thermal control in a glass sheet forming chamber

US3930828A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 15, 1974
Grant dateJan 6, 1976
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Expiry dateOct 15, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC03B18/04
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Glass advancing along the surface of a pool of molten metal and being formed into a continuous sheet of flat glass is controllably cooled by advancing over successive molten metal containing compartments partially separated from one another by barriers and each provided with individually controllable cooling facilities.

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