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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Boudewijn Vanhuysse, Oosterzele, BE;
Wim Van Steenlandt, Sint-Niklass, BE;
Assignee:
N.V. Bekaert S.A., Zwevegem, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 3/520 ; C03B 4/000 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 3/520 ; C03B 4/000 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a contact member or covering (,) for covering structures (,) that come into contact with glass objects (,) during their forming process. The covering is a relatively compact non-woven fiber web (,) with apertures (,) and comprised of randomly oriented fibers which are composed, for example, of stainless steel. This covering can, for example, be used to cover tempering and pressure rings which are used in the process of forming glass plates.