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 support device to support the sheets below the upper mold; a shaping rail having an upper sheet supporting...

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Hauptverfasser:	SCHWARTZ, JAMES H, SAVKA, MARK M
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	CHEMISTRY GLASS MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES METALLURGY MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
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Zusammenfassung:	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 support device to support the sheets below the upper mold; a shaping rail having an upper sheet supporting surfac e that supports selected peripheral portions of the sheets, the sheet supporti ng surface having a profile corresponding to desired elevational contours of th e selected peripheral portions of the sheets and complimenting corresponding portions of the upper mold shaping surface; a chamber positioned below the sheets; a moving device for moving the upper mold and the shaping rail relative to each other so as to press at least a periphery of the sheets against the upper mold shaping surface, and a connector to direct pressurize d gas into the chamber to urge the sheets towards the upper mold press face.