Heat conditioning chamber

US5125948A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Saint-Gobain Vitrage International · FR

Inventors

• Luc Vanaschen · Eupen, BE
• Hans-Werner Kuster · Aachen, DE
• Benoit D'Iribarne · Aachen, DE
• Achim Thau · Bad Buchau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 25, 1990
• Grant date: Jun 30, 1992
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C03B25/08
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a heat conditioning chamber for controlled cooling following a high-temperature treatment of plane thin glass sheets, transported in horizontal position by a continuously driven roller conveyor. According to the invention, in the hottest zone in the chamber, the cooling is performed solely by absorption of radiation and continues in other zones by convection.