公开(公告)号：US06363753B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-02

申请号：US09451040

申请日：1999-11-30

申请人： Hideo Yoshizawa ,  Shunji Kuramoto

发明人： Hideo Yoshizawa ,  Shunji Kuramoto

IPC分类号： C03B2302

CPC分类号： C03B35/187 ,  C03B23/033 ,  C03B35/161 ,  C03B35/165 ,  C03B35/185 ,  C03B35/189

摘要： A roll-forming unit of a curved glass manufacturing apparatus includes a cooperating pair of upper and lower forming roll mechanisms. Each mechanism includes a forming roll having a resilient rod covered with a cover member except opposite end portions thereof, a pair of support members rotatably supporting the opposite end portions of the resilient rod while allowing the resilient rod to tilt about said support members, a bending unit coupled with at least one of the opposite end portions of the resilient rod for applying to the one end portion an external force tending to flex the forming roll into either an upwardly arched configuration or a downwardly arched configuration, and at least one backup roller unit being in rolling engagement with the forming roll to maintain the arched configuration of the forming roll. The roll-forming unit of the foregoing construction is able to bend a heated flat glass sheet into a desired curvature without producing a slip between forming rolls and the glass sheet and is readily adaptable to the manufacture of various batches of curved glass sheets of different curvatures. A conveyor roll mechanism particularly suitable for use in combination with the roll-forming unit is also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 弯曲玻璃制造装置的成卷单元包括一对上下成形辊机构。 每个机构包括成型辊，其具有覆盖有除其相对端部之外的盖构件的弹性杆，一对支撑构件，其可旋转地支撑弹性杆的相对端部，同时允许弹性杆围绕所述支撑构件倾斜，弯曲 与所述弹性杆的相对端部中的至少一个联接的单元，用于向所述一个端部施加倾向于将所述成形辊弯曲成向上拱形构造或向下拱形构造的外力，以及至少一个支撑辊单元 与成形辊一起滚动以保持成型辊的拱形结构。 上述结构的轧制单元能够将加热的平板玻璃板弯曲成所需的曲率，而不会在成形辊和玻璃板之间产生滑动，并且容易适用于各种不同曲率的弯曲玻璃板的制造 。 还公开了特别适用于与辊成形单元结合使用的传送辊机构。

公开(公告)号：US06347536B1

公开(公告)日：2002-02-19

申请号：US09367711

申请日：1999-11-22

申请人： Pierre V. Calderini ,  Theirry L. A. Dannoux ,  Jean-Pierre Themont

发明人： Pierre V. Calderini ,  Theirry L. A. Dannoux ,  Jean-Pierre Themont

IPC分类号： C03B2302

CPC分类号： C03B23/02 ,  C03B11/082 ,  C03B2215/414 ,  Y02P40/57

摘要： The device includes a housing, a means for heating the housing, and a means for supporting, in the housing, at least one group composed of plates of malleable material under pressure at the temperature established in the housing. Moreover, the group includes generally flat molds and each mold includes at least one non malleable pitted surface under pressure at said temperature. The molds are inserted between the plates. Means are envisaged to apply a roughly uniform pressure, oriented perpendicularly to the surface of the plates to the entire group. This pressure is suitable for causing the production of convex surfaces of microlenses on the sides of the plates, which are opposite said pitted surfaces of the molds.

摘要翻译： 该装置包括壳体，用于加热壳体的装置，以及用于在外壳中建立的温度下，在壳体内支撑至少一组由可延展材料板组成的压力下的组件的装置。 此外，该组包括大致平坦的模具，并且每个模具包括在所述温度下的压力下的至少一个不可延展的凹坑表面。 模具插入板之间。 设想的方法是施加大致均匀的压力，垂直于板的表面定向到整个组。 该压力适合于在与模具的凹坑表面相对的板的侧面上产生微透镜的凸表面。

公开(公告)号：US06668586B2

公开(公告)日：2003-12-30

申请号：US09858868

申请日：2001-05-17

申请人： Josef Lindenberg

发明人： Josef Lindenberg

IPC分类号： C03B2302

CPC分类号： B44C5/0407 ,  C03C17/001 ,  C03C2217/72 ,  E04F13/145

摘要： A method of producing glass tiles, glass borders, ornamental panels made from glass or the like, the rear side of which is structured to form a relief, involves the following steps: trimming the glass slab to the desired size, applying an adhesive layer on predetermined regions forming a pattern or a motif on the rear side of the glass slab by means of a printing technique, depositing a powder coating that resists high temperatures on the rear side of the glass slab and removing the excess powder from the non-adhesive regions of the glass slab, positioning the glass slab with its coated rear side on a base that resists high temperatures and is provided with a parting agent, submitting the glass slab to a temperature treatment until plastic deformation is achieved, the glass slab sinking into the pattern or motif formed by the powder coating on account of its own weight, and removing the powder that resists high temperatures from the regions covered with the pattern or the motif once the glass slab has cooled down.

摘要翻译： 一种制造玻璃砖，玻璃边框，玻璃等的装饰面板的方法，其后侧被构造成形成浮雕，包括以下步骤：将玻璃板修剪到所需尺寸，将粘合剂层涂覆在 预定区域通过印刷技术在玻璃板的后侧形成图案或图案，在玻璃板的后侧上沉积耐高温的粉末涂层，并从非粘合区域去除多余的粉末 的玻璃板，将其涂覆的后侧的玻璃板定位在耐高温的基座上并设置有分离剂，将玻璃板进行温度处理直到达到塑性变形，玻璃板沉入图案 或由其自身重量由粉末涂料形成的图案，并且一旦发现了玻璃，则将从图案或图案覆盖的区域抵抗耐高温的粉末 板坯冷却下来。

公开(公告)号：US06305194B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-23

申请号：US09354219

申请日：1999-07-15

申请人： Michael K. Budinski ,  Jayson J. Nelson ,  Phillip D. Bourdage ,  David A. Richards ,  Paul O. McLaughlin ,  Paul D. Ludington

发明人： Michael K. Budinski ,  Jayson J. Nelson ,  Phillip D. Bourdage ,  David A. Richards ,  Paul O. McLaughlin ,  Paul D. Ludington

IPC分类号： C03B2302

CPC分类号： C03B11/082 ,  C03B2215/414 ,  C03B2215/61

摘要： A method and apparatus is disclosed for compression molding arrays optical elements which may be later singulated. The apparatus includes first and second mold halves with the second mold half having a central nest and a plurality of predetermined negative optical surface features therein. A glass preform is placed in the central nest and the first and second mold halves and the glass preform are heated to at least the glass transition temperature of the glass preform. The glass preform is then pressed between the first and second mold halves to thereby form an integral array of optical elements with each of the optical elements being a positive of the predetermined negative optical surface features. The integrally formed array of optical elements is then cooled to below the glass transition temperature and removed from the first and second mold halves.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于压缩成型阵列的光学元件的方法和装置，其可以稍后被分割。 该装置包括第一和第二半模，其中第二半模具有中心嵌套和多个预定的负光学表面特征。 将玻璃预成型件放置在中心座中，将第一和第二半模和玻璃预制件加热至至少玻璃预制件的玻璃化转变温度。 然后将玻璃预制件按压在第一和第二半模之间，从而形成光学元件的整体阵列，其中每个光学元件是预定的负光学表面特征的正值。 然后将整体形成的光学元件阵列冷却至低于玻璃化转变温度并从第一和第二半模移除。

公开(公告)号：US06263705B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-24

申请号：US09499967

申请日：2000-02-08

申请人： Michael J. Vild

发明人： Michael J. Vild

IPC分类号： C03B2302

CPC分类号： C03B35/147 ,  C03B2225/02

摘要： Apparatus (32) for handling hot glass sheets includes a roll conveyor (14) and a topside transfer platen (18) that overlap to provide assistance in the initial support of heated glass sheets by the topside transfer platen through the use of a vacuum and pressurized air respectively applied to first and second sets of holes (40, 42) in a downwardly facing surface (38) of the topside transfer platen.

摘要翻译： 用于处理热玻璃板的设备（32）包括辊式输送机（14）和顶部转移压板（18），其重叠以通过顶部转印台板通过使用真空和加压的初始支撑来辅助加热的玻璃板 空气分别施加到第一组和第二组孔（40,42）中，位于顶侧转印台板的向下的表面（38）中。