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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry A Bennett, Monroeville, PA (US);
William B Zimmerman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Michael B Maslanka, Irwin, PA (US);
Assignee:
PPG Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65106 ; 65104 ; 65273 ; 65287 ;
Abstract
A hot glass sheet shaping apparatus for shaping glass sheets with selected portions wider than its trailing edge as it is conveyed to the shaping station. Flotation blocks are positioned adjacent a gas hearth bed support in the shaping station to support the selected portions of the glass sheet as they are conveyed thereover, to prevent these portions from contacting the gas hearth bed.