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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Glaston Finland Oy, Tampere, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
GLASTON FINLAND OY, Tampere, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 35/24 (2006.01); C03B 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 35/24 (2013.01); C03B 29/12 (2013.01); C03B 2225/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for conveying glass sheets on an air support table, which is included in a heating furnace and provided with blast apertures and exhaust apertures, and in which the blast apertures are connected to a plenum chamber present underneath the air support table. The exhaust apertures are connected to exhaust passages present inside the table. The exhaust passages have at least one of their ends provided with a gate/gates capable of being opened and closed, by means of which the flow of air from the exhaust passages' ends adjacent to the gate/gates can be completely or partially blocked.