摘要 |
A GLASS FORMING APPARATUS (10) AND A GLASS FORMING METHOD ARE PROVIDED, WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF RETAINING THE WHOLE PRESS SURFACE (212) 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 (270) IS IN APPROXIMATELY A CIRCULAR TRUNCATED CONE SHAPE. |