Patent ID: 6418754
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: C03B

Abstract:
A method for changing a heated mold at a forming station in a heated chamber where the mold cyclically forms heated glass sheets, the method comprising:moving an unloading cart on a primary railway along a direction of conveyance of the heated chamber from an unloading station through a switching station and then to the forming station to receive the heated mold; thereafter moving the unloading cart with the heated mold thereon along the primary railway from the forming station through the switching station to the unloading station; and subsequently moving a loading cart with a second heated mold thereon on an auxiliary railway laterally with respect to the direction of conveyance from a mold preheating station to the switching station and then on the primary railway along the direction of conveyance to the forming station for loading of the second heated mold at the forming station.