Libbey-Owens-Ford Co.

John N Eggert

Richard A Herrington

Robert G Revells

Waldemar W Oelke

An apparatus for washing curved glass sheets comprising a cluster of brushes including a pair of upper brushes and a lower brush mounted above and below, respectively, the horizontal path of movement of the glass sheets. Each brush is formed into an arcuately shaped configuration conforming to the shape of the glass sheets being processed. Each brush is mounted on a composite shaft having an arcuately shaped inner core and an outer, driven, flexible sleeve assuming the shape of the core and rotatable thereabout.

Apparatus for washing curved sheets

A transfer apparatus in a glass heat treating operation for removing a horizontally disposed sheet from a horizontal glass processing line and reorienting it into a substantially vertical plane for final processing in a vertically oriented quench operation. The transfer apparatus constitutes a pivotal end section of a horizontal conveyor system and is adapted to be equipped with glass bending fixtures.

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Toledo, OH, United States of America

John N Eggert