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Device for cooling convex glass sheets

US6598427B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 8, 1999
Grant dateJul 29, 2003
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P40/57
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for cooling bent glass sheets running along a roller conveyor. Blowing boxes are inserted between the rollers and have a surface opposite the glass sheet at a distance of less than 30 mm and preferably less than 10 mm. The surface is perforated with several holes through which air is discharged in the direction of the glass sheets.

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