Transporting of glass products during their manufacture

CCHEMISTRY METALLURGY C03Glass mineral C03BMANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES

C03B35/00Transporting of glass products during their manufacture

C03B35/005Transporting hot solid glass products other than sheets or rods C03B35/04Transporting of hot hollow or semi-hollow glass products C03B35/06Feeding of hot hollow glass products into annealing or heating kilns C03B35/062using conveyors C03B35/064specially adapted as a lehr loader C03B35/066combined with article distributing means C03B35/068by gravitational force C03B35/08using rotary means directly acting on the products C03B35/085Transfer mechanisms of the "endless-chain" type C03B35/10using reciprocating means directly acting on the products C03B35/12by picking-up and depositing C03B35/125Transfer mechanisms of the "rotary" type C03B35/14Transporting hot glass sheets or ribbons C03B35/142by travelling transporting tables C03B35/145by top-side transfer or supporting devices C03B35/147of the non-contact type C03B35/16by roller conveyeors C03B35/161specially adapted for bent sheets or ribbons C03B35/162combined with means for thermal adjustment of the rollers C03B35/163Drive means, clutches, gearing or drive speed control means C03B35/164electric or electronicsystems therefor C03B35/165Supports or couplings for roller ends C03B35/166specially adapted for both flat and bent sheets or ribbons C03B35/167specially adapted for removing defect sheets, ribbons or parts thereof C03B35/168Means for cleaning the rollers C03B35/18Construction of the conveyor rollers Materials, coatings or coverings thereof C03B35/181Materials, coatings, loose coverings or sleeves thereof C03B35/182specially adapted for bent sheets or ribbons C03B35/183specially adapted for thermal adjustment of the rollers C03B35/184Cooling C03B35/185having a discontinuous surface for contacting the sheets or ribbons other than cloth or fabric C03B35/186End caps, end fixtures or roller end shape designs C03B35/187Rollers specially adapted for both flat and bent sheets or ribbons C03B35/188Rollers specially adapted for supplying a gas C03B35/189Disc rollers C03B35/20by gripping tongs or supporting frames C03B35/202by supporting frames C03B35/205the glass sheets being in a vertical position C03B35/207Construction or design of supporting frames C03B35/22on a fluid support bed C03B35/24on a gas support bed C03B35/243having a non-planar surface C03B35/246Transporting continuous glass ribbons C03B35/26Transporting of glass tubes or rods