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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2011
Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux, Avon, FR;
Paul Delautre, Lisses, FR;
Frederic Henri Florent, Fontainebleau, FR;
Allan Mark Fredholm, Vulaines sur Seine, FR;
Patrick Jean Pierre Herve, Avon, FR;
Jean-pierre Henri Rene Lereboullet, Bois le Roi, FR;
Stephane Poissy, Brunoy, FR;
Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux, Avon, FR;
Paul Delautre, Lisses, FR;
Frederic Henri Florent, Fontainebleau, FR;
Allan Mark Fredholm, Vulaines sur Seine, FR;
Patrick Jean Pierre Herve, Avon, FR;
Jean-Pierre Henri Rene Lereboullet, Bois le Roi, FR;
Stephane Poissy, Brunoy, FR;
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for mass production of 3D articles from 2D glass-containing sheets includes a heating section having a heating station that includes a heating chamber adapted to receive a 2D glass-containing sheet, a pneumatic bearing system proximate to the heating chamber for suspending the 2D glass-containing sheet inside the heating chamber, and a heater system proximate to the heating chamber for supplying heat to the heating chamber. A forming section downstream of the heating section has a forming station that includes a mold system adapted to shape a heated 2D glass-containing sheet into a 3D article. A cooling section downstream of the forming section has a cooling chamber adapted to controllably cool off one or more 3D articles. A method of mass producing 3D articles from 2D glass-containing sheets involves use of the apparatus.