Patent ID: 7107792

Claim:
A method for supporting and transporting hot flat glass on a gas bed, said hot flat glass comprising green glass to be ceramicized, said method comprising the steps of: a) arranging a plurality of spaced-apart gas-permeable planar segments next to each other to form a base with a gas-permeable support surface so that slits are formed between the planar segments, and each of said planar segments is porous or perforated; and b) forcing gas through said gas-permeable planar segments and conducting the gas away through the slits between said planar segments, so that a uniform supply of the gas is provided to form the gas bed without static pressure zones under the hot flat glass during transport of the flat glass on the gas bed; and c) producing a predetermined temperature profile for ceramicizing through which the hot flat glass is transported on the gas bed in order to ceramicize the hot flat glass without any contact between the hot flat glass and the base and without deformation of the hot flat glass.