Title of Invention

PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR BENDING GLASS SHEETS

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for crowning glass sheets (2), heated to their softening point, comprising the following features; the glass sheets (2) are laid on a concave bending frame (3) and prebent by gravity, the prebent glass sheets (2) are transferred to a transfer former (4) with a concave forming surface, the transfer former (4) being moved up through the concave bending frame (3), the perimeter of which is larger, and thus picking up the glass sheets (2), the transfer former (4) is positioned so that in vertical projection it overlies a final bending former in the form of a frame (5) with a concave forming surface, the transfer former (4) is moved up through the larger-diameter final bending former (5), the glass sheets (2) being laid on the final bending former (5). The glass sheets (2) are bent into their final shape, and at the end of the bending operation, the glass sheets in their final shape (2) are transferred from the final bending former (5) to a transport system and cooled. The invention also relates to a system for carrying out said method.

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1776-KOLNP-2005-FORM 27-1.1.pdf

1776-KOLNP-2005-FORM 27.pdf

1776-KOLNP-2005-FORM-27.pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-abstract.pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-claims.pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-correspondence.pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-description (complete).pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-drawings.pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-examination report.pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-form 1.pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-form 18.pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-form 2.pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-form 3.pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-form 5.pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-gpa.pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-letter patent.pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-reply to examination report.pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-specification.pdf

1776-kolnp-2005-granted-translated copy of priority document.pdf