Abstract: The invention comprises a device for receiving electromagnetic signal and radiating the signal further. With that device the signal can be repeated on the other side of a barrier, for example a wall, which prevents the signal to propagate. The receiving section (1) of the device has been made as a planar aperture antenna, as well as the re-radiating section (2). The above-mentioned planar aperture antenna has been made so that between the antenna parts of conductive material (6) there is an opening (7) which opens in the propagation direction of the signal (4 and 5). Between the above-mentioned receiving section (1) and the re-radiating section (2) there is a signal transmission section (3) which has been implemented as two parallel conductors (8) with a gap (9). The transitions between the receiving section (1), the signal transmission section (3) and the re-radiating section (2) have been realized in stepless manner without separate connectors.

Abstract: The invention comprises a device for receiving electromagnetic signal and radiating the signal further. With that device the signal can be repeated on the other side of a barrier, for example a wall, which prevents the signal to propagate. The receiving section (1) of the device has been made as a planar aperture antenna, as well as the re-radiating section (2). The above-mentioned planar aperture antenna has been made so that between the antenna parts of conductive material (6) there is an opening (7) which opens in the propagation direction of the signal (4 and 5). Between the above-mentioned receiving section (1) and the re-radiating section (2) there is a signal transmission section (3) which has been implemented as two parallel conductors (8) with a gap (9). The transitions between the receiving section (1), the signal transmission section (3) and the re-radiating section (2) have been realized in stepless manner without separate connectors.

Abstract: A method for transferring mould-carrying wagons in a bending furnace for glass sheets as well as to a bending furnace for glass sheets, comprising preheating stations (1.3, 1.4, 1.5) and more than two bending stations (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4) in succession and therebelow a number of cooling stations (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4), a first number of mould-carrying wagons (3, 4) on an upper track (1) and a second number of mould-carrying wagons (3, 4) on a lower track (2), an end wall (4) of the mould-carrying wagons defining said preheating, bending and cooling stations when the mould-carrying wagons (3, 4) are stationary. After a bending, the mould-carrying wagon (3, 4) is transferred under one or more bending stations (2.3, 2.2) to a location directly below the first bending station (2.1) or the final preheating station (1.5).

Abstract: A method and a furnace for bending glass sheets. Glass sheets are heated to a bending temperature by supporting them on a mould (11) and carrying them from one heating station to another. In a bending station (4), the glass sheet is heated for effecting a desired bending partially or entirely through the action of gravity. During a bending operation, the temperature distribution of a glass sheet is subjected to the action of convection blasting. By focusing the blast on the mid-section of a glass sheet it is possible to create a progressively curving pocket.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a furnace for bending glass sheets. Glass sheets supported on ring molds are heated to a bending temperature and are carried from one heating station to another. In a heating and bending station, the glass sheet is heated for effecting a desired bending partially or entirely through the action of gravity. During a bending operation, the temperature distribution of radiation heat is adjusted. In the heating stations, the glass sheet is subjected to the action of convection blasting.