Patent ID: 9193618
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: C03B

Abstract:
1. A glass slumping method, comprising: removably securing a bottom end of a plurality of alignment members to a mold; supporting and aligning a glass member on the mold wherein each of the plurality of alignment members contact the glass member to retain the glass member in position; subsequently heating the glass member; moving at least one of the plurality of alignment members away from the glass member as the glass member is heated to allow the glass member to bend around the mold without interference from the alignment members, thereby releasing the heated glass member from the at least one of the alignment members; and cooling the glass member after being bent around the mold, wherein at least one of the plurality of alignment members comprises an opening at the bottom end, the opening having an upper end configured to receive a ball and the upper end having a width that is greater than a width of a lower end of the opening.