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Patent No.:

US 12559406 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2024

Method and apparatus for shaping a glass sheet

Applicant:

Pilkington Group Limited, Lancashire, GB;

Inventors:

Michael Hurst, Lancashire, GB;

John George Lee, Merseyside, GB;

Joachim Pilz, Oer-Erkenschwick, DE;

Assignee:

Pilkington Group Limited, Nr. Ormskirk Lancashire, GB;

Attorney:

BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC

Primary Examiner:

Queenie S Dehghan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 23/03 (2006.01); C03B 23/023 (2006.01); C03B 23/025 (2006.01); C03B 23/035 (2006.01); C03B 27/04 (2006.01); C03B 27/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 23/0307 (2013.01); C03B 23/0235 (2013.01); C03B 23/0258 (2013.01); C03B 27/0404 (2013.01); C03B 27/0413 (2013.01); C03B 27/0442 (2013.01); C03B 23/0357 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of shaping a glass sheet includes heating the glass sheet to a temperature for shaping, positioning the glass sheet on a shaping support, and shaping the glass sheet on the shaping support, wherein during the shaping of the glass sheet at least one portion of the glass sheet is deliberately cooled. The shaping of the glass sheet involves press bending a heat softened glass sheet between a lower shaping support and an upper shaping member, wherein during the shaping of the glass sheet on the shaping support only a portion of the major surface of the glass sheet facing the lower shaping support is cooled by directing one or more jets of air onto said portion.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hurst, Michael. (2026). Method and apparatus for shaping a glass sheet (U.S. Patent No. 12559406). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12559406

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