Abstract: An apparatus and a process are disclosed for manufacturing glass sheets of a complex form for vehicles. The apparatus includes a roller heating oven, a supporting air bed in a shaping section, a shaping ring for conveying the sheet of glass in a vertical direction toward an upper shaping mold, and a ring for conveying the sheet of glass horizontally toward a tempering station. The air bed is formed with frustoconical nozzles of such a size as to enable the shaping ring to pass through them so as to be movable to a position beneath its floating position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 10, 1992
Date of Patent:
August 9, 1994
Assignee:
Societa Italiana - SIV - S.p.A.
Inventors:
Giovanni Carlomagno, Vincenzo Caico, Vittore De Leonibus, Edoardo Tereo
Abstract: An apparatus and a process as disclosed for manufacturing a glass sheet having a complex form for vehicles. The apparatus includes a roller heating oven, a supporting air bed in a shaping section, and a shaping ring for conveying the glass first to an upper shaping mold and then to a tempering station. The air bed is formed with fustoconical nozzles of such a size as to enable the ring to pass through them and to be placed beneath the a floating plane of the glass. The ring undergoes a first vertical movement to lift the glass toward the shaping mold and a second horizontal movement to convey the glass to the tempering station.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 10, 1992
Date of Patent:
July 19, 1994
Assignee:
Societa Italiana - SIV - S.p.A.
Inventors:
Giovanni Carlomagno, Vincenzo Caico, Edoardo Tereo