Process for forming a glass sheet
US6311523A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 10, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC03B35/246
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A process for forming a glass sheet, which is a process for continuously forming a glass sheet, and which comprises PA1 a step of introducing a vapor film-forming agent, which is not vapor at least around room temperature and which is vapor at a temperature above the glass transition point of the glass, into a support composed of a structure or a material capable of internally containing liquid, and PA1 a step of sliding the support and the glass of which temperature is above the glass transition point against each other via a thin layer of a vaporized vapor film-forming agent.
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