Patent · US Expired

Convexing/tempering installation for the manufacture of glass not bent into convex shape on said installation

US4936890A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 6, 1987
Grant dateJun 26, 1990
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Expiry dateNov 6, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC03B29/08
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns the use of a convexing/tempering installation for the manufacture of flat sheet glass or, in general, of glass not bent into convex shape on said installation. It proposes passing glass plates are passed through a conventional convexing/tempering installation, omitting the convexing operation, providing additional heating in the space initially set aside for convexing and/or modifying the tempering conditions initially provided for glass bent into convex shape in said installation. It makes it possible to take advantage of a given convexing/tempering installation for manufacturing tempered flat sheet glass or for heating glass plates with a view to having them bent into convex shape in another installation.

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