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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Youichi Nemugaki, Aichi, JP;
Toshimitsu Sato, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Youichi Nemugaki, Aichi, JP;
Toshimitsu Sato, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Glass Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 1316 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A glass sheet is heated to a forming temperature in a heating furnace, the heated glass sheet is conveyed along a conveying plane defined by a plurality of rollers of a roller conveyer, and is moved up and down on the rollers according to the position of the glass sheet to curve a part of the conveying plane with respect to the glass sheet conveying direction to bend the glass sheet to have a desired curvature by its own weight. The rollers are curved rollers.