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Position selectable glass surface temperature scanner

US4201563A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 5, 1978
Grant dateMay 6, 1980
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Expiry dateJun 5, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01J5/0022
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for tempering glass is described. Glass sheets are passed through a tempering furnace along a predetermined generally horizontal path. The temperature of the sheets is measured by a pivoting pyrometer above the sheets and the furnace is regulated to achieve a zero temperature profile across the plates.

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