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Method of and device for curving glass sheets

US5226942A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 1991
Grant dateJul 13, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC03B2225/02
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of and device for curving a glass sheet, in which the glass sheet is brought through a reheating furnace by a conveyor defining a substantially horizontal transportation plane, and is then taken over by a tool, by means of which the glass sheet is curved and/or transferred to a curving and/or discharge device. The effective position of the glass sheet is detected and the taking-over tool is repositioned as a function of the effective position.

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