Patent ID: 7325418

Claim:
A press forming system for glass comprising: a plurality of press units; an intermediate transfer point provided at each press unit, each intermediate transfer point configured to temporarily store a blank to be supplied to a corresponding press unit and a formed product taken out from the corresponding press unit at the same time; a single storage area, which stores blanks to be supplied to the intermediate transfer points and formed products taken out from the intermediate transfer points; a single first transfer unit, which supplies a blank from the single storage area to each intermediate transfer point, and takes out a formed product from each intermediate transfer point and transfers the formed product to the single storage area; and a plurality of second transfer units, each of the plurality of second transfer units being provided in a corresponding press unit and configured to supply a blank from a corresponding intermediate transfer point to the corresponding press unit and configured to transfer a formed product from the corresponding press unit to the corresponding intermediate transfer point, the plurality of second transfer units being configured to operate independently from one another.