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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2015
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux, Avon, FR;
Paul Louis Florent Delautre, Lisses, FR;
Michele Marie-Louise Fredholm, Vulaines sur Seine, FR;
Stephane Poissy, Brunoy, FR;
Ronan Tanguy, Grez sur Loing, FR;
Claude Jacques Julien Vanotti, Ponthierry Saint Fargeau, FR;
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are apparatuses for shaping a glass structure, the apparatuses having a plurality of rib members, each rib member comprising at least one void and at least one shaping edge; and at least one support member. The apparatuses can further comprise a shaping member and/or a guide member and/or a shaping groove. Also disclosed herein are methods for shaping a glass structure, the methods comprising positioning the glass structure on a shaping apparatus and heating the glass structure to shape the glass structure.