GLASS SHEET GUIDANCE APPARATUS AND METHODS OF GUIDING A GLASS SHEET

• Main Authors: CAVALLARO, NICHOLAS DOMINIC III, HILL, KEITH MITCHELL, ZHOU, NAIYUE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 06.03.2014
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; CONVEYING; GLASS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

A glass sheet guidance apparatus includes a guidance member extending adjacent a conveyance path. In one example, an adjustment device selectively adjusts a length of the guidance member extending between a first holding structure and a second holding structure. In another example, the glass sheet g...