Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for holding a glass sheet in a substantially vertical position during heat treatment of the glass sheet

US4626207A · kind A · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

Saint-Gobain Vitrage · FR

Inventors

Claude Aubry · Grigny, FR
Jacques Chaumette · Thourotte, FR
Bernard Letemps · Thourotte, FR
Jean-Marc Petitcollin · Thourotte, FR
Werner Gatzweiler · Aachen, DE
Heinz-Bernd Rissmann · Aachen, DE
Luc Vanaschen · Eupen, BE
Jurgen Zeitzen · Herzogenrath, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 16, 1985
Grant date	Dec 2, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC03B35/20
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A frame for holding a glass sheet in a substantially vertical position. The frame has two uprights joined by upper and lower crosspieces. A lower support means adapted to engage a bottom edge of a glass sheet is carried by the lower crosspiece. Upper support means freely movable in a vertical direction are adopted to engage the upper edge of the glass sheet and form part of the frame.

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