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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2004
Applicants:
Kenji Maeda, Aichi, JP;
Masanao Harada, Aichi, JP;
Junji Hori, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asahi Glass Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An air-cooling and tempering apparatus for a glass sheet includes an upper air-blowing unit, which blows cooling air to an upper surface of a bent glass sheet having a high temperature; and a lower air-blowing unit, which blows cooling air to a lower surface of the glass sheet. Each of the upper air-blowing unit and the lower air-blowing unit includes a plurality of air-blowing members provided in a matrix pattern and a plurality of linkages, the linkages coupling adjacent air-blowing members among the plurality of air-blowing members in a row and/or column direction of the matrix pattern.