Architectural glass bending system
CA 1321069 C · Owner: Glasstech International, L.P. · Inventors: Mcmaster, Ronald A.; Mcmaster, Dexter H.; Nitschke, Norman C.
Overview
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A glass bending and tempering apparatus is disclosed as including a pair of opposed bending platens for receiving a heated glass sheet to be bent therebetween. At least one of the bending platens is deformable and includes an actuator for deforming the platens from a planar shape to a bent shape to bend the heated glass sheet. Said one platen includes quench openings that move with said platen during the deformation of the platen and subsequently supply quenching gas to temper the bent glass sheet.
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- Granted August 10, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 10, 2010.
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