Claims
- 1. An apparatus for cambering glass sheets, comprising:
- a cambering station;
- a conveyor for transferring a heated glass sheet from a reheating furnace to said cambering station;
- a shaping upper member in said cambering station;
- a bottomless container mounted in surrounding relation to said upper member;
- means for engaging the glass sheet with said upper member so as to camber the glass sheet;
- means including forced circulation ducts for blowing hot gas onto said upper member in such a way as to increase the temperature thereof to a temperature higher than that of the glass sheet when the glass sheet enters the cambering station, wherein said upper member is mounted in the bottomless container surrounding the upper member and wherein said ducts are mounted for movement with the bottomless container; and
- means for discharging the cambered glass sheet to a cooling station.
- 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the forced circulation ducts are fixed to the bottomless container outside the bottomless container, and wherein openings are provided in walls of said container so as to permit the passage of gases blown in the direction of the upper member.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/546,733, filed on Jul. 2, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,100,454.
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