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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1997
Paul D Ducat, Perrysburg, OH (US);
David B Nitschke, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Dean M Nitschke, Maumee, OH (US);
Eustace Harold Mumford, Ottawa Lake, MI (US);
Glasstech, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Abstract
A glass sheet quench station loader (42) and method for installing a quench module set (44) of lower and upper quench modules (46,48) includes a quench carriage (440) of a horizontally opening U shape that receives the quench modules for the loading. Mounts (446,454) mount the quench modules for movement to the quench station (40) and for subsequent movement from the quench station to permit installation of another quench module set for another production run. The quench loader (42) includes an overhead crane (447) and an overhead railway (448) along which the crane moves to move the quench carriage (440) and the quench modules mounted thereby to and from the quench station.