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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth Friedel, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
Cliff Matukonis, Merchantville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 2/500 ;
Abstract
A method of heating low emissivity glass sheet for subsequent processing. The glass sheet is loaded onto a longitudinally extending conveyor and oriented such that the lengthwise edge of the sheet is parallel to the length of the conveyor and the direction of conveyance of the glass sheet. The sheet is conveyed into a heating chamber. The glass sheet is then convectively heated in a specified sequence along the entire length of the glass sheet at selected areas measured along the width by creating a downward flow of heated air proximate the selected areas.