公开(公告)号：US4221580A

公开(公告)日：1980-09-09

申请号：US954695

申请日：1978-10-25

申请人： Robert G. Frank

发明人： Robert G. Frank

IPC分类号： C03B23/03 ,  C03B23/035 ,  C03B27/044 ,  C03B35/14 ,  C03B35/20 ,  C03B23/02

CPC分类号： C03B23/0357 ,  C03B23/03 ,  C03B27/0442 ,  C03B35/145 ,  C03B35/202 ,  C03B40/005

摘要： This invention relates to improvements in handling glass sheets during shaping. Each glass sheet in turn is heated to its deformation temperature and conveyed into a glass shaping station. The glass is lifted into engagement with an upper vacuum shaping mold while hot and held against the vacuum shaping mold by vacuum as the glass lifting mechanism retracts downward. A transfer and tempering ring-like member having an outline supporting surface conforming to and slightly inside the periphery of the bent glass sheet is brought into a position below the upper vacuum shaping mold. The vacuum on the upper mold is released to deposit the shaped glass sheet on the ring-like member. In case the outline of the glass sheet is irregular, the shaped glass may become tilted as it falls toward the ring-like member and be deposited in a misaligned position relative to said ring-like member. The present invention provides means for the upper vacuum shaping mold that reduces the tendency of glass sheets of irregular outline to tilt during their transfer to the ring-like member with minimum expenditure of power to insure a non-tilting transfer.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及成型时处理玻璃板的改进。 每个玻璃板又被加热到其变形温度并被输送到玻璃成型台。 当玻璃升起机构向下缩回时，将玻璃与上部真空成型模具一起被提升成与真空成型模具进行真空接合。 具有与弯曲的玻璃板的周边一致且略微内侧的轮廓支撑面的转印回火环状构件进入上真空成型模具的下方。 释放上模具上的真空以将成形的玻璃板沉积在环状构件上。 在玻璃板的轮廓不规则的情况下，成形玻璃随着朝向环状部件下降而变得倾斜，并且相对于所述环状部件沉积在不对准位置。 本发明提供了上部真空成形模具的装置，其减小了在以最小的功率消耗转移到环状构件中的不规则轮廓的玻璃板倾斜的倾向，以确保非倾斜传递。

公开(公告)号：US4218232A

公开(公告)日：1980-08-19

申请号：US4432

申请日：1979-01-18

申请人： Richard E. Wilhelm

发明人： Richard E. Wilhelm

IPC分类号： C03B23/025 ,  C03B35/16 ,  C03B35/18 ,  C03B23/02

CPC分类号： C03B23/0254 ,  C03B35/161 ,  C03B35/163 ,  C03B35/182 ,  C03B35/189

摘要： In forming heat-softened sheets by the roll forming method, continuously moving sheets of heat-softenable material, such as glass sheets, are conveyed continuously by spaced rotating cylindrical rolls along a conveyer into a roll forming station, where a set of rotating shaping rolls move transversely upward between adjacent stationary cylindrical conveyor rolls to provide rolling engagement against the lower surface of each moving glass sheet in succession in spaced relation above the level of the path of travel defined by the stationary conveyor rolls for sufficient time to shape the sheets. The sets of rotating shaping rolls move the shaped sheet onto a conveyor that extends through a cooling station. The sheets are flat entering the roll forming station and shaped to a curved configuration on leaving the roll forming station. The upper surfaces of the sheets are not touched during said shaping.

摘要翻译： 在通过辊压成形方法形成热软化片材时，连续移动的诸如玻璃板的热软化材料片材通过间隔开的旋转圆柱形辊沿输送机连续地输送到辊成形站中，其中一组旋转成形辊 在相邻的固定的圆柱形输送辊之间横向向上移动以提供与每个移动的玻璃板的下表面的滚动接合，其间隔开的关系高于由固定的输送辊限定的行进路径的高度，从而足以使片材成形。 这些旋转成形辊将成形的片材移动到延伸穿过冷却站的输送机上。 这些板材平坦地进入轧辊成形站并在离开轧辊成形工位时成形为弯曲的构造。 在所述成形期间，片材的上表面不被接触。

公开(公告)号：US4210436A

公开(公告)日：1980-07-01

申请号：US26108

申请日：1979-04-02

申请人： Vaughn R. Imler

发明人： Vaughn R. Imler

IPC分类号： C03B23/031 ,  C03B23/02

CPC分类号： C03B23/031

摘要： An accent line is produced in a glass sheet by pressing a tubular member against the glass sheet as it is being press bent. The tubular member is heated by passing hot fluid, e.g., air, therethrough.

摘要翻译： 在玻璃板中通过在被压弯时将管状构件压靠在玻璃板上而产生重音。 通过使热流体例如空气通过其来加热管状构件。

公开(公告)号：US4210435A

公开(公告)日：1980-07-01

申请号：US26107

申请日：1979-04-02

申请人： George R. Claassen

发明人： George R. Claassen

IPC分类号： C03B23/031 ,  C03B23/02

CPC分类号： C03B23/031

摘要： An accent line is produced in a glass sheet by pressing a rod-shaped member against the glass sheet as it is being press bent. The rod-shaped member may be heated electrically or by passage through a furnace along with the glass sheet.

摘要翻译： 通过将棒状构件按压弯曲地压在玻璃板上，在玻璃板中产生重音线。 棒状构件可以被电加热或者与玻璃板一起通过炉子。

公开(公告)号：US4204854A

公开(公告)日：1980-05-27

申请号：US968230

申请日：1978-12-11

申请人： Harold A. McMaster ,  John S. Nitschke ,  Dean M. Nitschke

发明人： Harold A. McMaster ,  John S. Nitschke ,  Dean M. Nitschke

IPC分类号： C03B23/025 ,  C03B23/03 ,  C03B23/035 ,  C03B35/14 ,  C03B35/20 ,  C03B35/24 ,  C03B23/02

CPC分类号： C03B23/0307 ,  C03B23/0252 ,  C03B23/03 ,  C03B23/0352 ,  C03B35/145 ,  C03B35/202 ,  C03B35/24

摘要： Apparatus and a method disclosed for use in bending heated sheets of glass (G) transported generally horizontally on a conveyor (16) within a furnace heating chamber incorporate a holder (20) located above the conveyor in a spaced relationship such that a heated sheet of glass can be transported under the holder. Gas such as air is blown upwardly from below the conveyor against the heated sheet of glass such that the sheet is moved upwardly into engagement with the holder. The upwardly blown gas is provided by an array of gas jet pumps (60) positioned below the conveyor. A mold ring (44) is then movable under the holder to receive the glass sheet for bending. Holder (20) is disclosed as including curved and planar surfaces and as including curved and planar rings. A vacuum may be drawn with the holder embodiments having the surfaces so as to assist the upwardly blown gas in lifting the sheet of glass off the conveyor. Vertical movement of the holder facilitates the lifting and also enables the curved surface and curved ring embodiments of the holder to bend the lifted glass sheet between the holder and the mold ring. Gravity bending on the mold ring forms the glass on the planar surface and planar ring embodiments of the holder and can also be used with the curved surface and ring embodiments of the holder. Movement of the mold ring to a quench station after the bending tempers the glass.

摘要翻译： 公开的用于弯曲加热的玻璃板（G）的装置和方法，其大致水平地在炉加热室内的输送机（16）上传送，所述加热板在间隔开的关系中包括位于输送机上方的保持器（20），使得加热的 玻璃可以在支架下运输。 诸如空气的气体从输送机的下方向上吹向加热的玻璃板，使得片材向上移动以与保持器接合。 向上吹出的气体由位于输送机下方的气体喷射泵（60）阵列提供。 然后，模具环（44）可在保持器下方移动以接收用于弯曲的玻璃板。 保持器（20）被公开为包括弯曲和平坦的表面并且包括弯曲和平面的环。 可以用具有表面的保持器实施例来抽出真空，以帮助向上吹出的气体将玻璃板从输送机提起。 保持器的垂直运动有利于提升，并且还使得保持器的弯曲表面和弯曲环实施例能够将提升的玻璃板弯曲在保持器和模具环之间。 模具环上的重力弯曲在平坦表面上形成玻璃并且保持器的平面环实施例也可以与保持器的弯曲表面和环形实施例一起使用。 弯曲后模具环移动到淬火站弯曲玻璃。

公开(公告)号：US4199342A

公开(公告)日：1980-04-22

申请号：US967867

申请日：1978-12-07

申请人： Pierre Mestre ,  Henri Prevost

发明人： Pierre Mestre ,  Henri Prevost

IPC分类号： C03B23/03 ,  C03B23/02

CPC分类号： C03B23/0307

摘要： An untempered sheet of glass is given a predetermined curvature by means of pre-heated forming dies (3,4 in FIG. 1). The glass sheet (1) is not pre-heated or is heated only to a relatively low temperature prior to being inserted between the dies. Heat transfer from the dies to the glass prior to closure of the dies produces or assists in producing in the thickness of the glass sheet a transitory thermal stress gradient which gives resistance to breakage under bending forces. The absence of high temperature pre-heating of the sheet is conducive to a more predictable stress distribution pattern over the area of the sheet prior to bending. The process enables predetermined sheet curvatures to be achieved with higher degrees of accuracy.

摘要翻译： 通过预加热的成形模具（图1中的3,4），将未经翻译的玻璃板给予预定的曲率。 在插入模具之前，玻璃板（1）不被预热或仅被加热到较低的温度。 在模具闭合之前从模具到玻璃的热传递产生或有助于在玻璃板的厚度上生产短暂的热应力梯度，其在弯曲力下产生抗断裂。 不存在片材的高温预热有助于在弯曲之前在片材的区域上更可预测的应力分布图案。 该过程使得能够以更高的准确度实现预定的片材曲率。

公开(公告)号：US4144045A

公开(公告)日：1979-03-13

申请号：US895909

申请日：1978-04-13

申请人： Eugene W. Starr

发明人： Eugene W. Starr

IPC分类号： C03B29/02 ,  C03B23/02

CPC分类号： C03B29/025

摘要： Apparatus for thermally treating glass sheets comprising a combustion chamber, a kiln and a hot gas delivery system for delivering a mixture comprising combustion products into the kiln in such a manner as to avoid deviations from a substantially uniform temperature pattern across the kiln suitable for sag bending and annealing glass sheets.The delivery system comprises a delivery pipe, means for dividing said mixture into two approximately equal flows of said mixture for supplying said flows through a pair of branch pipes, then through the length of a pair of manifolds, each comprising an open ended inner pipe, and a concentric apertured outer pipe. The outer pipes have upwardly directed nozzles of substantially equal cross-section located at approximately uniformly spaced intervals along their length. The mixture flows into the kiln upwardly from said nozzles at a substantially uniform temperature along the length of the outer pipes and blends with the kiln atmosphere to provide a more uniform temperature pattern than is obtained from prior art kiln temperature control systems.

摘要翻译： 用于热处理玻璃板的设备，其包括燃烧室，窑和热气体输送系统，用于将包含燃烧产物的混合物输送到窑中，以避免偏离基于适合于弯曲弯曲的窑的基本上均匀的温度模式 和退火玻璃板。

公开(公告)号：US4132539A

公开(公告)日：1979-01-02

申请号：US836185

申请日：1977-09-23

申请人： William G. Jeffries

发明人： William G. Jeffries

IPC分类号： C03B23/24 ,  C03C27/00 ,  C03B23/02

CPC分类号： C03B23/245 ,  Y10S65/04

摘要： Marginal edge portions of a pair of glass sheets are welded together to make a multiple glazed unit by sequentially imposing a voltage on marginal edge portions of a sheet followed by alternately imposing a voltage on opposed corners of the sheet.

摘要翻译： 将一对玻璃板的边缘边缘焊接在一起，通过在片材的边缘部分上顺序地施加电压，然后在片材的相对的角上交替地施加电压来制造多层玻璃单元。

公开(公告)号：US4119426A

公开(公告)日：1978-10-10

申请号：US830263

申请日：1977-09-02

申请人： Joseph B. Kelly

发明人： Joseph B. Kelly

IPC分类号： C03B35/20 ,  C03B27/00 ,  C03B27/052 ,  C03B29/10 ,  C03B23/02

CPC分类号： C03B29/10

摘要： In a glass sheet heating furnace where the glass sheets are supported by edge gripping tongs, means to heat the tongs independently from the heating of the glass sheets is provided so as to reduce the frequency of tong vents in the glass sheets without distorting edge portions of the glass sheets.

摘要翻译： 在玻璃板由边缘夹持器支撑的玻璃板加热炉中，提供了独立于玻璃板的加热来加热夹具的装置，以便降低玻璃板中的通风孔的频率，而不会使边缘部分变形 玻璃板。

公开(公告)号：US4104047A

公开(公告)日：1978-08-01

申请号：US799411

申请日：1977-05-23

申请人： Samuel L. Seymour

发明人： Samuel L. Seymour

IPC分类号： C03B23/031 ,  C03B35/20 ,  C03B23/02

CPC分类号： C03B35/20 ,  C03B23/031

摘要： Disclosed herein is a system for supporting self-closing tongs specially adapted for gripping thin glass sheets (4.5 millimeters and less) during thermal processing, such as that involved during press bending wherein the glass sheets are brought to a sudden start and a sudden stop that promotes swinging of the tongs and its supported glass. The present invention limits the tong swinging so that the glass sheets can be aligned with small tong receiving notches in press bending molds, thereby improving the conformity of press bent glass sheets to their desired shapes.

摘要翻译： 本文公开了一种用于支撑自动关闭钳的系统，其特别适用于在热加工期间夹紧薄玻璃板（4.5毫米或更小），例如在压弯期间涉及的玻璃板，其中玻璃板被突然起动和突然停止， 促进钳子及其支撑的玻璃的摆动。 本发明限制了夹钳摆动，使得玻璃板与冲压弯曲模具中的小钳子接合凹口对准，从而提高压弯玻璃板与其所需形状的一致性。