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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2001
Terry A. Bennett, Northwood, OH (US);
Paul D. Ducat, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Robert W. Brown, Millbury, OH (US);
Glasstech, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Abstract
Apparatus ( ) and a method for roll bending heated glass sheets includes a pair of sets of bending rolls ( ) and a support and drive mechanisms ( ) that supports and rotatively drives the bending rolls at progressively increasing inclinations within a heating chamber ( ) of a roll bending station ( ) to provide engagement and bending at opposite lateral sides of a conveyed glass sheet. The bending rolls ( ) are positioned in their progressively inclined inclinations by cooperation of an elongated connector ( ) and clamps ( ) for providing securement to curved support ribs ( ) of an associated frame at the adjacent lateral side of the roll bending station housing.