Patent ID: 8677784
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: C03B

Abstract:
1. A gravity bending mould for bending glass sheets comprising an intermediate mould having an intermediate movable mould section, and a final mould having a final movable mould section, each movable mould section being movable between an upper, operable position toward an upper side of the gravity bending mould and a lower, inoperable position toward a lower side of the gravity bending mould, respectively, the intermediate and final movable mould sections being adapted successively to engage a glass sheet during a gravity bending operation, and a mechanical connection between the intermediate and final movable mould sections, the mechanical connection being selectively disposable in a first configuration, at which the intermediate and final movable mould sections are in the upper, operable and lower, inoperable positions respectively, and in a second configuration, at which the final and intermediate movable mould sections are in the upper, operable and lower, inoperable positions respectively, wherein when the mechanical connection is moved from the first configuration to the second configuration, the intermediate movable mould section moves to the lower, inoperable position and the final movable mould section correspondingly moves to the upper, operable position to take the place of the intermediate moveable mould section.