Patent ID: 6505483
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: C03B

Abstract:
A transport system for conveying heated, discrete, glass sheets having length and width traveling in their length direction through a glass processing line having a plurality of stations, the transport system comprising:a plurality of generally longitudinally-extending pressure pads beneath said sheets, each pad having a pair of longitudinally-extending slot nozzles transversely spaced from each other by a baffle plate providing a static surface area for supporting overlying glass sheets, the slot nozzles angled to oppose one another, a plenum for directing gas under pressure to each pad for discharge through the slot nozzles, and said pads positioned side-by-side with longitudinally-extending slot nozzles of said pads generally aligned with one another to form a pad array that transversely extends a distance at least equal to the width of said glass sheets, said pad array having a longitudinally extending centerline generally parallel to said longitudinally-extending slot nozzles and parallel to said sheet length and the direction of sheet travel.