Glass or metal forming mold of adjustable shape

Title: Glass or metal forming mold of adjustable shape

Abstract

A system for shaping glass or metal sheets or panels for use in solar collectors or microwave antennae may include an oven and an adjustable mold. The adjustable mold may comprise a molding surface located within the oven. The molding surface may be coupled to position actuators located outside of the oven via coupling elements. A sheet or panel may be placed in the oven and heated until the sheet or panel softens and takes the shape of the molding surface. The molding surface may be adjusted to achieve different shapes for glass or metal sheets or panels.

Inventors:: Angel, Roger P.; Stalcup, Jr., Thomas E.

Issue Date:: 2020-01-21

Research Org.:: Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1632459

Patent Number(s):: 10538451

Application Number:: 15/694,327

Assignee:: The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C03 - GLASS C03B - MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES

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C - CHEMISTRY C03 - GLASS C03B - MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
C03B23/0258 - {Gravity bending involving applying local or additional heating, cooling or insulating means}
C03B40/005 - {Fabrics, felts or loose covers}
C03B23/0252 - {by gravity only, e.g. sagging
C03B27/0447 - {the quench unit being variably adaptable to the bend of the sheet}

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DOE Contract Number:: EE0005796

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 09/01/2017

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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  abstractNote = {A system for shaping glass or metal sheets or panels for use in solar collectors or microwave antennae may include an oven and an adjustable mold. The adjustable mold may comprise a molding surface located within the oven. The molding surface may be coupled to position actuators located outside of the oven via coupling elements. A sheet or panel may be placed in the oven and heated until the sheet or panel softens and takes the shape of the molding surface. The molding surface may be adjusted to achieve different shapes for glass or metal sheets or panels.},

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Prismatic solar reflector apparatus and method of solar tracking
patent, May 1979

Glass sheet bending apparatus
patent, December 1997

Process of heat sagging glass articles
patent, May 1978

Parallel link machine design
patent, March 2009

Solar collector tracking system
patent, September 2000

Electrically activated flexible press for shaping heat softenable sheet material
patent, December 1998

Solar reflector panel
patent, March 1984

Collapsible antenna support apparatus as well as a kit for and method of assembling the apparatus
patent, October 1982

Composite backed prestressed mirror for solar facet
patent, May 2004

Solar panel tilt mechanism
patent, February 2005

Solar sensor and tracker apparatus
patent, August 1978

Press forming machine for glass
patent, March 2009

Method of and apparatus for bending glass sheets
patent, September 1992

Glass sheet handling devices
patent, June 1985

Light receiving element
patent, February 1989

Apparatus for bending glass sheets
patent, June 1985

Compact micro-concentrator for photovoltaic cells
patent, November 2007

Solar collector
patent, March 2014

Method of manufacturing large dish reflectors for a solar concentrator apparatus
patent, December 2011

Glass slumping process
patent, July 2001

Three-dimensional effect representation, and camera and method for use in making
patent, March 1986

Concentrator solar cell array module
patent, December 1979

Device for heating an annular surface zone of a threadlike object
patent, October 1985

Liquid-cooled sealed enclosure for concentrator solar cell and secondary lens
patent, May 1989

Reshaping a glass lens blank suspended on a flow of gas
patent, January 1994

Photovoltaic generator with a spherical imaging lens for use with a paraboloidal solar reflector
patent, January 2013

Supporting structure for reflectors, solar cells or solar cell carriers
patent, January 1981

Portable, lightweight mount for a satellite antenna system
patent, August 2013

Structure for supporting a photovoltaic module in a solar energy collection system
patent, May 2003

Solar concentrator apparatus with large, multiple, co-axial dish reflectors
patent, April 2013

Method of manufacturing reflectors for a solar concentrator apparatus
patent, December 2013

Solar concentrator array
patent, July 2000

Lightweight azimuth/elevation mount
patent, August 1985

Method of making drape-shaped glass element by sagging between column supports
patent, June 1993

Method for forming an internally channeled glass article
patent, October 2001

Invisible flat-top mold blank and method for manufacturing same
patent, September 1992

Apparatus and method for glass sheet forming
patent, April 2002