Process and device for supporting and transferring glass sheets in a shaping station
US5622539A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 15, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC03B2225/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for supporting and transferring, in a shaping station (2), at least the central part of glass sheets which have been heated to their shaping temperature. The device includes a pressurized box (21) generating an air cushion. The box has a plurality of individual compartments (53), transverse with respect to the axis of travel of the glass sheets (28), each of the compartments (53) having a width measured parallel to said axis which is small by comparison with the "height" of the glass sheets and, being provided with gas having at least two pressure distribution levels.
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