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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
May. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Agc Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shinya Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
AGC INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 23/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 23/03 (2013.01); C03B 2215/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for bending a glass plate includes a lower ring mold to be disposed under a glass plate and configured to support an edge portion of the glass plate; a plurality of supporting members configured to support the lower ring mold; an upper mold to be disposed above the glass plate and having a downwardly convex forming surface configured to be pressed against the glass plate supported by the lower ring mold; a lower heater configured to heat the lower ring mold; and a spacer attached to the lower ring mold, the spacer configured to control a gap between the upper mold and the lower ring mold.