METODO Y APARATO PERFECCIONADOS PARA SUSTENTAR Y TRANSPORTARHOJAS DE VIDRIO EN UN APARATO DE CURVADO A PRESION.

摘要

A method of and apparatus for supporting and conveying glass sheets in a bending apparatus on a series of conveyor rolls having arcuately curved central portions normally disposed in an upper common horizontal plane for supporting a flat sheet of heat-softened glass to be bent and pivotable into a lower position out of engagement with said flat sheet upon engagement thereof along its marginal edge portions by the shaping rail of an upwardly movable female press member. Each conveyor roll comprises a fixed inner core member and an outer load supporting sleeve rotatable about the inner core member for supporting and conveying a glass sheet thereon.