Patent ID: 9187358
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: C03B,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for making a three-dimensionally shaped glass article, comprising: (a) placing a glass sheet in a forming tool, the forming tool comprising: (b) compressing the glass sheet between the flat area plunger and the flat area of the mold; (c) heating a portion of the glass sheet corresponding to an area above the bend area of the mold to a temperature above a forming temperature; and (d) moving the bend area plunger toward the heated glass sheet to compress the heated glass sheet between the bend area plunger and the bend area of the mold, thereby forming a shaped glass article having a flat area and a bend area, wherein a temperature of the portion of the glass sheet in the area above the bend area of the mold is higher than a temperature of a portion of the glass sheet in an area above the flat area of the mold when compressing the heated glass sheet with the bend area plunger, and wherein (b) occurs before (d).