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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2004
Tomoki Matsuba, Mie, JP;
Yukiyasu Ozaki, Mie, JP;
Tomoki Matsuba, Mie, JP;
Yukiyasu Ozaki, Mie, JP;
Central Glass Company, Limited, Ube, JP;
Abstract
A system for adjusting position of glass plates includes (1) a chain for conveying glass plates into a bending furnace, the chain having (a) alternate links, (b) connecting pins for holding the alternate links together, (c) extension pins extending from some of the connecting pins toward the corresponding glass plates; (2) supporting members fixed to the extension pins, for supporting the glass plates and for guiding the glass plates into the bending furnace; (3) a first image sensor unit for imaging actual positions of the extension pins; (4) a processor for computing a difference between the actual position of each extension pin and a reference position of each extension pin; and (5) a display device for displaying a command to adjust position of each extension pin, based on the difference, to make each extension pin take the reference position, thereby adjusting position of the glass plates.