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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 05, 2011
Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux, Avon, FR;
Paul Delautre, Lisses, FR;
Allan Mark Fredholm, Vulaines sur Seine, FR;
Laurent Joubaud, Paris, FR;
Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux, Avon, FR;
Paul Delautre, Lisses, FR;
Allan Mark Fredholm, Vulaines sur Seine, FR;
Laurent Joubaud, Paris, FR;
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A deformation apparatus for reforming a glass sheet comprises a central portion, a first edge mold movably coupled to a first end of the central portion and configured to be linearly translated along a linear mold axis in a first direction toward the central portion. The deformation apparatus further includes a second edge mold movably coupled to the second end of the central portion and configured to be linearly translated along the linear mold axis in a second direction opposite the first direction and toward the central portion. Methods are also provided including the step of cooling a reformed glass sheet, wherein a greater shrinkage of the reformed glass sheet relative to a shrinkage of the deformation apparatus is accommodated by a movement of at least the first edge mold in a first direction toward the central portion of the deformation apparatus.