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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:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2004
Applicants:
Thomas J. Zalesak, Rossford, OH (US);
Alfredo Serrano, Maumee, OH (US);
Inventors:
Thomas J. Zalesak, Rossford, OH (US);
Alfredo Serrano, Maumee, OH (US);
Assignee:
Glasstech, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 23/033 (2006.01); C03B 23/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A glass sheet forming system () provides continuous roll conveyed forming of heated flat glass sheets to formed shapes having a major axis of curvature and a minor axis of curvature perpendicular to each other. The forming is performed by a roll station () having a shape retaining quench () associated with a lower deformable roll bed () and an upper deformable roll former (). An adjustment mechanism () provides adjustment of the extent of the minor curvature and an actuating mechanism () is operable to provide the major curvature.