Method and device for bending sheets

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9650279-B2
Application number	US-201314015850-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2013
Priority date	Dec 13, 2010
Publication date	May 16, 2017
Grant date	May 16, 2017

Abstract

A device for bending panes is described. The device has a pre-bending ring, a movable bending ring holder, a final bending ring, a preheating region for preheating at least one pane, a pre-bending region for a further bending of the at least one pane, a heating region for a final bending of an edge of the at least one pane and for a surface pre-bending of the at least one pane, a second bending region for a further surface bending of the at least one pane and a cooling region.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A furnace for bending panes, comprising:
a pre-bending ring,
a movable bending ring holder,
a final bending ring,
a preheating region for preheating at least one pane on the pre-bending ring on the movable bending ring holder configured to pre-bend the pane to 5% to 50% of a final bend of an edge of the a least one pane at a softening temperature,
a pre-bending region with a first vertically displaceable, bent suction device, comprising at least a counter framework with a bent contact surface as well as a cover surrounding the counter framework with an air baffle for a further bending of the pre-bent pane, wherein the bent suction device is configured to bend the pre-bent pane from 102% to 130% of the final bend of the edge,
a heating region for a final bending of the edge of the at least one pane on the final bending ring on the movable bending ring holder and for a surface pre-bending of the at least one pane by thermal irradiation,
a second bending region with a second vertically displaceable suction device and a horizontally displaceable, bent counter mold configured for a further surface bending of the at least one pane, and
a cooling region.

2. The furnace according to claim 1 , further comprising a third suction device disposed in the second bending region.

3. The furnace according to claim 1 , further comprising a heating device for heating the preheating region, the pre-bending region, the heating region and the second bending regions.

4. The furnace according to claim 3 , wherein the heating device comprises radiant heaters.

5. The furnace according to claim 4 , wherein the radiant heaters are infrared radiators.

6. The furnace according to claim 1 , wherein the heating device comprises an arrangement of individual, separately controllable heating tiles or heating fields.

7. The furnace according to claim 1 , wherein the bent contact surface is lined with a flexible or soft material.

8. The furnace according to claim 7 , wherein the bent contact surface is lined with fire resistant fibers of glass, metals or ceramic.

9. The furnace according to claim 1 , wherein the bent contact surface defines an enlarged and protruded portion of the counter framework.

10. The furnace according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling region is laterally spaced apart from the preheating region.

11. The furnace according to claim 10 , wherein the cooling region and the preheating region are located at the same vertical level.

12. The furnace according to claim 1 , wherein the bent contact surface and the air baffle are spaced by a distance of 3 mm to 50 mm.

Assignees

• Saint Gobain

Inventors

• Balduin Michael
• Dunkmann Benno
• Le Ny Jean-Marie
• Schmidt Lothar
• Radermacher Herbert

Classifications

• C03B2225/02

  Means for positioning, aligning or orientating the sheets during their travel, e.g. stops · CPC title

• C03B23/0252 Primary

  by gravity only, e.g. sagging (C03B23/035 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C03B23/0357

  by suction without blowing, e.g. with vacuum or by venturi effect · CPC title

• C03B35/202

  by supporting frames (C03B35/145 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C03B35/145

  by top-side transfer or supporting devices, e.g. lifting or conveying using suction · CPC title