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Apparatus for washing curved sheets

US4352221A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 1, 1981
Grant dateOct 5, 1982
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Expiry dateMay 1, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB08B11/04
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for washing curved glass sheets comprising a cluster of brushes including a pair of upper brushes and a lower brush mounted above and below, respectively, the horizontal path of movement of the glass sheets. Each brush is formed into an arcuately shaped configuration conforming to the shape of the glass sheets being processed. Each brush is mounted on a composite shaft having an arcuately shaped inner core and an outer, driven, flexible sleeve assuming the shape of the core and rotatable thereabout.

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