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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2006
Applicant:
Moriji Nozaki, Sagamihara, JP;
Inventor:
Moriji Nozaki, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Ohara Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A glass forming apparatus and a glass forming method are provided, which are capable of retaining the whole press surface at favorable temperatures for pressing glass, and forming a high-quality, efficient glass form. An upper die having a part formed such that the wall thickness of a bottom part, provided as an example of an opposite press surface, decreases gradually from the outside to the inside and the bottom part is formed as a part of the inner wall. In other words, the heat exchange chamber is in approximately a circular truncated cone shape.