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Glass-bending and cooling method and device comprising two support trains

US8327667B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE · FR

Inventors

Michael Balduin · Alsdorf, DE
Michael Labrot · Aachen, DE
Hubert Havenith · Würselen, DE
Karl-Josef Ollfisch · Aachen, DE
Herbert Radermacher · Raeren, BE
Guenther Schall · Kreuzau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 11, 2006
Grant date	Dec 11, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 13, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC03B35/202
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device and method for bending a glazing unit or plural glazing units positioned one on top of the other, with a first train of carriages, bearing transport supports and running between a loading zone in which at least one glazing unit is deposited on a transport support of a carriage and a transfer zone, a furnace section heating the glazing units to their bending temperature in their path towards the transfer zone, and a second train of carriages running between the transfer zone and a final cooling section with an unloading station, which is equipped with transport supports that differ from the transport supports of the first train of carriages.

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