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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2004
Applicant:
James P. Schnabel, Jr., Holland, OH (US);
Inventor:
James P. Schnabel, Jr., Holland, OH (US);
Assignee:
Glasstech, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system () and method for cylindrically forming and quenching glass sheets includes a furnace (), a bending station () at the exit end of the furnace for providing cylindrical bending, a roll bending station () located externally of the furnace downstream from its exit end and having a lower roll conveyor () and an upper roll former () with complementary cylindrical shapes to further cylindrically bend the glass sheet, and a quench station 24 to which the formed glass sheets are conveyed for rapid cooling to provide toughening.