Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Glass shaping apparatus and methods
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Application No.: US15329710Application Date: 2015-07-31
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Publication No.: US10336643B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux , Paul Louis Florent Delautre , Michele Marie-Louise Fredholm , Stephane Poissy , Ronan Tanguy , Claude Jacques Julien Vanotti
- Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US NY Corning
- Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Corning
- International Application: PCT/US2015/043032 WO 20150731
- International Announcement: WO2016/019209 WO 20160204
- Main IPC: C03B23/025
- IPC: C03B23/025 ; C03B23/035 ; C03B40/00 ; C03B23/03

Abstract:
Disclosed are apparatuses for shaping a glass structure, the apparatuses having a plurality of rib members, each rib member comprising at least one void and at least one shaping edge; and at least one support member. The apparatuses can further comprise a shaping member and/or a guide member and/or a shaping groove. Also disclosed herein are methods for shaping a glass structure, the methods comprising positioning the glass structure on a shaping apparatus and heating the glass structure to shape the glass structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170210661A1 GLASS SHAPING APPARATUS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2017-07-27
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