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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2011
Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux, Avon, FR;
Arnaud Dejean, Vaux le Penil, FR;
Allan Mark Fredholm, Vulaines sur Seine, FR;
Patrick Jean Pierre Herve, Avon, FR;
Laurent Joubaud, Paris, FR;
Sophie Peschiera, Veneux les Sablons, FR;
Stephane Poissy, Brunoy, FR;
Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux, Avon, FR;
Arnaud Dejean, Vaux le Penil, FR;
Allan Mark Fredholm, Vulaines sur Seine, FR;
Patrick Jean Pierre Herve, Avon, FR;
Laurent Joubaud, Paris, FR;
Sophie Peschiera, Veneux les Sablons, FR;
Stephane Poissy, Brunoy, FR;
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for bending a sheet of material into a shaped article includes providing the sheet of material. A reformable area and a non-reformable area of the sheet of material are heated to a first temperature range corresponding to a first viscosity range. The reformable area of the sheet of material is subsequently heated to a second temperature range corresponding to a second viscosity range. The reformable area of the sheet of material is reformed into a selected shape by at least one of sagging the reformable area of the sheet of material and applying a force to the sheet of material outside of or near a boundary of the reformable area.