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Process and device for the production of curved glass sheets

US5236487A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 23, 1991
Grant dateAug 17, 1993
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC03B40/005
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A process for bending glass sheets, preheated to bending temperature, includes passing the glass sheets along a longitudinal trajectory having substantially the form of a cone of revolution in a shaping bed having substantially the form of a cone of revolution.

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