Electrically activated flexible press

The present invention provides a shaping mold (26,28) for shaping heat softenable sheet material (G) which includes a flexible rail (38) having a sheet shaping surface (44) to support a marginal edge portion (46) of a sheet (G) to be shaped and a plurality of controllable actuators (42) secured to t...

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Main Authors FRANK, ROBERT GEORGE, KENTON, HOBART EUGENE, MAY, EARL LAYTON
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 18.06.1997
Edition6
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
GLASS
MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
METALLURGY
MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
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Summary:The present invention provides a shaping mold (26,28) for shaping heat softenable sheet material (G) which includes a flexible rail (38) having a sheet shaping surface (44) to support a marginal edge portion (46) of a sheet (G) to be shaped and a plurality of controllable actuators (42) secured to the rail (38) and capable of deforming the rail (38) to provide its surface (44) with configurations each having a desired elevational contour. In one particular embodiment of the invention, the shaping rail (38) is a shaping ring having a peripheral configuration which provides generally continuous support about the marginal edge portion (46) of said sheet (G). A controller (64) is used to control each actuator (42) and deform the sheet shaping surface (44) of the ring (38) from a first configuration having a generally flat elevational contour to a second configuration having an elevational contour that generally corresponds to the final desired contour of the marginal edge portion (46) of the sheet (G).
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19960119664