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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1994
Jean-Luc Lesage, Margny les Compiegne, FR;
Jean-Marc Petitcollin, Thourotte, FR;
Jean-Pierre Douche, Thourotte, FR;
Pascal Tinelli, Compiegne, FR;
Saint-Gobain Vitrage International, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
A device for supporting and transferring, in a shaping station (2), at least the central part of glass sheets which have been heated to their shaping temperature. The device includes a pressurized box (21) generating an air cushion. The box has a plurality of individual compartments (53), transverse with respect to the axis of travel of the glass sheets (28), each of the compartments (53) having a width measured parallel to said axis which is small by comparison with the 'height' of the glass sheets and, being provided with gas having at least two pressure distribution levels.