Method and apparatus for bending glass sheets
CA 1065138 A · Owner: Libbey-Owens-Ford Co. · Inventors: Hamilton, Harold E.; Oelke, Waldemar W.
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A method of and apparatus for bending glass sheets between press members provided with opposed shaping rails having complemental surfaces for imparting the desired curvature to a heated glass sheet. Each of the press members is provided with a plurality of burners for directing localized heat to selective portions of the glass sheet during the bending thereof to condition the sheet for subsequent tempering.
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- Granted October 30, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 30, 1996.
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