Method and apparatus for supplying cooling air in a glass sheet quench
CA 1212236 A · Owner: Glasstech, Inc. · Inventors: Nitschke, John S.; Mcmaster, Ronald A.
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A method and apparatus are disclosed for operating an air supply system for a glass sheet quench including a D.C. drive system of a variable speed blower operated on a duty cycle. A quench cycle and a cooling cycle are carried out in the quench. In the preferred embodiment shown for thin glass (i.e. glass which is 5 mm or less in thickness) the drive system is sized to the RMS requirements of the complete cycle to minimize the initial and operating costs size, and power requirements of the D.C. drive system.
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- Granted October 7, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 7, 2003.
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