Claims
- 1. An apparatus for shaping glass sheets, comprising:
- a shaping station having a plurality of elongated glass sheet conveying members;
- a shaping mold comprising:
- a solid block of refractory material having an upward facing shaping surface defining a shaping area having dimensions larger than those of said sheet, said shaping surface having a plurality of smooth, continuous, curved, upward facing, spaced elongated shaping members defining a common curve having a given maximum depth of curvature; and
- a continuous elongated grooved portion between adjacent shaping members and generally aligned with said elongated conveying members, the depth of the grooved portion being greater than the given maximum depth of curvature of the shaping members; and
- means for moving said mold upward toward said conveying members to move said shaping members between adjacent conveying members.
- 2. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of said grooved portions comprises a floor occupying a common plane sufficiently below the deepest portion of said upward facing shaping surface for receiving said glass sheet conveying members when said mold is moved upward by said moving means.
- 3. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein said moving means further includes means for moving said mold away from said conveying members.
- 4. The apparatus as in set forth claim 3 wherein the common plane is a substantially horizontal plane.
- 5. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said elongated shaping members define a shaping surface of a cylindrical configuration.
- 6. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1 or 5 wherein said elongated shaping members define a shaping surface of concave elevation.
RELATION TO OTHER APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 954,696 of Robert G. Frank, Rudy Canonaco and Richard V. Posney, filed Oct. 25, 1978 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,197,108 for SLOTTED GLASS SHEET SHAPING MOLD.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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