Patent ID: 7721572

Claim:
An apparatus for making a reshaped glass-ceramic article ( 1 ′) from a corresponding flat green glass part ( 1 ) during a ceramicizing process, wherein said apparatus comprises a continuous furnace ( 3 ) for performing the ceramicizing process; a reshaping device ( 2 ′), in which the flat green glass part ( 1 ) is placed, said reshaping device ( 2 ′) having at least one activating opening ( 6 ); and reshaping tools ( 9 ) arranged in the reshaping device ( 2 ′); wherein the continuous furnace ( 3 ) is provided with at least one lateral opening ( 4 ) for temporarily inserting at least one activating line ( 8 ) for connecting the at least one activating line ( 8 ) in the at least one activating opening ( 6 ) of the reshaping device ( 2 ′) in a sealed manner; wherein the at least one activating line ( 8 ) comprises a vacuum line that has a cone-shaped or ball-shaped vacuum connector that automatically centers itself in said at least one activating opening ( 6 ) in the reshaping device ( 2 ′) when the at least one activating line is connected with the at least one activating opening in said sealed manner; and wherein said reshaping tools ( 9 ) are movable vertically in the reshaping device ( 2 ′) by means of a vacuum supplied to the reshaping device ( 2 ′) by said at least one activating line ( 8 ) when the at least one activating line is connected with the at least one activating opening in said sealed manner.