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8156764 Device for gravity-bending glass on several support moulds with controlled transition between moulds  
A device for gravity bending of at least one glass sheet supported by at least one support forming part of a bending assembly, plural supports supporting the sheet during bending. The device...
8132428 Glass sheet forming method  
A method for forming glass sheets is performed by a system (10) that includes a forming station (14) having lower and upper molds (28, 30) between which glass sheets G are cyclically received from...
7856851 Process for bending a glass panel with a plurality of supports  
A glazing element-bending process including first to fourth stages. The first stage bends the glazing element through gravitational depression on a first support providing it with a first central...
7775068 Production method and production device for laminated glass  
A production method for laminated glass capable of performing a firing step for a fired substance and a bend-forming step to an inner sheet and an outer sheet in the same forming furnace when...
7735339 Method of and apparatus for working a glass plate  
An apparatus for working a glass plate includes: a transporting device for bending a glass plate in a concave shape in a cross-sectional view in a transporting direction and transporting the glass...
7389655 Apparatus for bending and tempering glass panels  
An apparatus for bending and tempering glass panels includes a number of ring moulds for supporting and conveying glass panels; a number of preheating sections for heating glass panels to a bending...
7331198 Bending apparatus for a glass sheet  
A desired temperature distribution is efficiently formed on a glass sheet by a simple structure without lowering heat efficiency within a furnace. A heating furnace conveys a bending mold of a...
7240519 Apparatus and method for bending glass sheets  
An apparatus for shaping heat softened glass sheets includes an upper mold having a full surface press face with a shaping surface generally contoured to the desired curvature of the sheets; a...
7237408 Flexible surface mold and method of use  
A mold includes a pair of spaced elongated deformable members and spaced elongated flexible strap members between and connected to the deformable members with the axis of the deformable members...
7178367 Apparatus and method for bend-shaping a glass sheet  
An apparatus for bend-shaping a glass sheet is disclosed, which comprises a heating furnace, a plurality of in-furnace beds disposed within the heating furnace, at least one out-furnace bed...
7162893 Glass sheet bending station and method for glass sheet bending  
A glass sheet bending station (20) and method for glass sheet bending utilize a primary actuating mechanism (154) for moving mold support linkages to provide glass sheet bending with a constant...
7155939 Apparatus for bending glass panels  
The invention relates to an apparatus for bending glass panels. The upper tier of successive mould carriers defines a number of heating sections, the last one of which is an actual bending section....
6786065 Method and apparatus for bending glass  
A method of bending glass, in which glass (5) is heated in a bending furnace (1). Before the bending, the glass (5) is transferred from the heating point or zone onto a mould (7) located...
6705116 Method and an apparatus for bending a glass sheet  
In a method for bending a glass sheet, comprising using a first mold for supporting a peripheral portion of a glass sheet and a second mold provided inside the first mold; heating the glass sheet...
6629436 Apparatus for thermal treatment of glass and method and thermally treated glass therefrom  
The present invention is directed to an apparatus for thermal treatment of glass and method and thermally treated glass therefrom. The apparatus is capable of supporting the glass during thermal...
6595027 Method and apparatus for supporting the middle section of a glass panel to be bent in a mold  
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for supporting the middle section of a glass panel to be bent in a mold. During a preheating process of a glass panel, its middle section is...
6526781 Method for roll forming glass sheets  
A method for roll forming a heated glass sheet utilizes a forming conveyor (62) including forming rolls (66) that are pivotally moved upwardly between horizontal rolls (46) of a horizontal conveyor...
6425269 Method for glass sheet forming  
A method for forming glass sheets is performed by a system (10) that includes a furnace (12) having a heating chamber (14) in which a topside transfer device (20) has a downwardly facing surface...
6422040 Method for forming glass sheets  
A method for forming glass sheets is performed by a system (10) that includes a furnace (12) having a heating chamber (14) in which a vacuum platen (20) has a downwardly facing surface (22) to...
6357263 Method for bending a glass sheet, a ring mold for bending a glass sheet, and apparatus using the ring mold  
In bending a glass sheet, the load applied to an intermediate glass sheet can be equalized to improve the quality of a final glass sheet. For this purpose, a forming ring 1 comprises a first...
6279347 Method and apparatus for producing bent glass sheet  
This invention provides a method and an apparatus for producing a bent glass sheet. A heated glass sheet (4, 24, 24*) conveyed from a heating furnace (1, 21) is bent by pressing with at least one...
6158247 Apparatus for bending glass sheets  
The invention relates to a process for bending glass sheets. This process involves bending the glass sheet or sheets in at least two stages. The first stage employing the action of gravity leading...
6138477 Process and apparatus for the forming of glass plates and application of said process to obtaining glazings with complex shapes  
There is disclosed a method for bending a sheet of glass heated to a bending temperature in a horizontal furnace through which it is conveyed by a plane conveyor delivering the glass sheet to a...
6076373 Apparatus and method for bending glass sheets  
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for a shaping sheet including a support frame and a shaping rail supported on the frame. The shaping rail has a sheet shaping surface that...
6044662 Process for the forming of glass plates and application of the process to obtain glazings with complex shapes  
A method for bending a sheet of glass heated to a bending temperature in a horizontal furnace through which it is conveyed by a plane conveyor delivering the glass sheet to a bending cell heated to...
6035666 Apparatus for roll forming glass sheets  
A forming station (26) for roll forming a heated glass sheet include a forming conveyor (62) including forming rolls (66) that are moved upwardly between horizontal rolls (46) of a horizontal...
6006549 Bending mold having side mounted weight assemblies and method of use thereof  
The invention provides an articulated bending mold for shaping heat softened substrates, e.g., glass sheets, into curved shapes. The bending mold has a central portion with at least one, and...
5974836 Device used for the bending of plate glass into convex shapes  
A device used for the bending of plate glass sections (3) includes an oven (1), a bending chamber (6), an upper bending mold installed in the bending chamber (6) in such a manner as to be able to...
5974833 Heat transfer method in glass sheet bending oven and a bending oven  
A heat transfer method in a glass bending furnace, which has a top array of of successive heating sections (2) and under it a bottom array of successive cooling sections (3), and in which method...
5876477 Apparatus for heating and bending glass sheets involving raising a glass sheet towards furnace heat sources  
When heating and bending glass sheets in a furnace, it has been found to be desirable to raise the glass sheets towards the furnace heat sources to increase obtainable temperature differentials and...
5735923 Method of and apparatus for cooling and tempering a glass plate  
A glass plate is cooled and strengthened by placing the glass plate on a cooling ring in a substantially horizontal state and jetting out cooling air at upper and lower sides of the glass plate by...
5695537 Apparatus for and method of bending glass sheets  
An apparatus for press bending glass sheets carried on a mold, the apparatus including a die having a lower surface shape to mold a glass sheet positioned thereunder to a desired curved shape, a...
5679123 Method of heating and bending glass sheets  
When heating and bending glass sheets in a furnace, it is desirable to raise the sheets towards the furnace heat sources to increase obtainable temperature differentials and reduce heating power....
5669953 Glass sheet forming system  
A system (20) and method for forming a glass sheet includes a locating assembly (28) for locating at least one glass sheet below a downwardly facing surface (58) of a topside support device (26)...
5660609 Method and device for the bending of glass sheets  
A method and device for the bending, on a frame, at least one glass sheet by gravity includes two bending steps. The glass sheets are first supported at their periphery along a first peripheral...
5578104 Method of and apparatus for bending glass sheets  
The glass sheet is heated to a heat-softened condition in a furnace, and conveyed to a prescribed position above an upper shaping surface of a ring mold. The sheet is then transferred onto the ring...
5573566 Method of making a quartz dome reactor chamber  
A method of making a quartz dome for a reactor chamber from a substantially flat quartz disk. The quartz disk is placed on a graphite ring which is rotated. The quartz disk is heated until the disk...
5443608 Modular installation for curving and tempering a glass sheet  
The installation for curving and tempering a glass sheet (1) comprises a first series (3) of shaping members (20) exhibiting a surface (3a) intended to come into contact with one of the faces of...
5437703 Bending glass sheets  
A method is provided in which a glass sheet is bent on a mould having a movable end, comprising the steps of: heating the glass sheet to its bending temperature; subjecting the glass sheet to an...
5292357 Device for the supporting and curving of glass sheets  
A support device for glass sheets in a vertical or substantially vertical position serve for holding them during various treatments associated with the operations of curving and/or toughening. The...
5186730 Device having final frame which doubles a blank frame, for bending glass sheets  
A process and a device for the bending on a frame of at least one glass sheet by gravity, the bending being performed in at least two stages during which the glass sheet or sheets undergo a...
5087281 Mold for forming curved window glass with deeply bent end portions  
A mold for forming a curved window glass with deeply bent end portions includes a stationary main frame for forming a gently curved main portion of the window glass and a pair of swingable side...
5009693 Method and apparatus for bending glass  
A batch method and apparatus for bending glass sheets includes an oven where the glass sheet is oscillated back and forth on mini-rollers until it reaches a hot, softened condition, at which point...
5009695 Apparatus for producing two dimensionally bent glass  
An apparatus for producing two-dimensionally bent and optionally tempered glass plates includes a roller oven (1), a pressing and bending station (2) and a cooling station (3). A lower male...
4983205 Apparatus for bending glass plates  
An apparatus for bending and tempering glass plates has a horizontal roller furnace (3) and a press bending station with two water-cooled bending molds (6,7) through whose contact the glass plates...
4976763 Installation for curving and tempering a sheet of glass  
The installation for curving or bending to convex form and tempering a sheet of glass (1) comprises means for heating the sheet and means for bringing this latter between elements (3, 4, 6, 7) for...
4973344 Method and apparatus for bending glass sheets  
The invention is directed to the press bending of individual heated glass sheets to be subsequently laminated in pairs to a plastic interlayer. The sheets are individually press bent between a...
4950320 Support device adapted for bending glass sheet  
A process and apparatus for shaping a glass sheet according to which the sheet is lifted above the conveying plane by a device for supporting a glass sheet consisting of a box open at the bottom...
4915722 Process and apparatus for manufacturing a curved sheet of glass  
A process for bending a glass sheet, in particular one for motor vehicles, with curved areas having small radii of curvature. The bending device used is a bending press having a male type mold and...
4904294 Belt assisted press bending  
A heat softened glass sheet is conveyed directly from a heating furnace onto an advancing conveyor belt which is supported on a scissor table. The glass sheet is advanced on the belt to a position...
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