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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2016
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TW;
Shao-Han Chang, New Taipei, TW;
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a curved glass sheet is provided. The method includes: providing a mold and a furnace; placing the mold in the furnace, the mold including a first mold, a second mold, and a mold core, the first mold defining a receiving space; a bottom surface in the receiving space defining at least one guiding groove, a bottom surface in the at least one guiding groove defining at least one air outlet, the mold core defining a mold cavity and a plurality of micro-holes; placing a raw glass sheet on the second mold; controlling a temperature in the furnace to heat the raw glass sheet; extracting air in the receiving space of the mold via the at least one outlet, to force the raw glass sheet to bend until contacting a bottom surface in the mold cavity; and cooling the mold to form a curved glass sheet.