公开(公告)号：US20030106340A1

公开(公告)日：2003-06-12

申请号：US10348666

申请日：2003-01-21

Applicant: Glasstech, Inc.

Inventor： David B. Nitschke ,  Eustace Harold Mumford ,  Dean M. Nitschke

IPC: C03B011/12

CPC classification number: C03B27/0445 ,  C03B23/0302 ,  C03B29/08 ,  C03B35/145 ,  C03B35/202 ,  C03B40/005 ,  C03B2225/02

Abstract: Apparatus (26) and a method for forming heated glass sheets in a heated chamber (22) of a housing (20) includes an upper mold support assembly (28) for supporting an upper mold (38) within the heated chamber for cyclical vertical movement between upper and lower positions. A lower mold shuttle (50) supports a lower mold (36) for movement between an idle position horizontally spaced from the upper mold and a use position below the lower mold. The apparatus also includes a lower mold support assembly (60) to which the lower mold is transferred from the lower mold shuttle (50) to provide support thereof while permitting horizontal alignment with the upper mold upon each cycle of downward movement to form a heated glass sheet between the molds. The lower mold shuttle (50) is supported by vertically movable rollers (70) to provide the transfer between the lower mold shuttle and the lower mold support assembly (60). A quench station (40) includes a quench shuttle (62) that moves a quench ring (66) to receive the formed glass sheet from the upper mold (38) and to then move the formed glass sheet between lower and upper quench modules (46,48) of the quench station for quenching.

Abstract translation: 装置（26）和用于在壳体（20）的加热室（22）中形成加热的玻璃板的方法包括用于在加热室内支撑上模具（38）的上模支撑组件（28），用于循环垂直运动 在上下位置之间。 下模具梭（50）支撑下模具（36），用于在与上模具水平间隔的空转位置与下模具下方的使用位置之间移动。 所述设备还包括下模具支撑组件（60），下模具从下模具梭（50）转移到下模托架（50）以提供支撑，同时在每次向下运动的循环期间允许与上模水平对准以形成加热玻璃 模具之间的片材。 下模具梭（50）由可垂直移动的辊（70）支撑以提供下模具梭和下模支承组件（60）之间的转移。 淬火站（40）包括骤冷梭（62），其使淬火环（66）移动以从上模具（38）接收形成的玻璃板，然后将形成的玻璃板移动到下部和上部淬火模块（46 ，48）淬火站淬火。