Patent ID: 8397540

Claim:
A method of making a reformed glass sheet comprising the steps of: (I) providing a deformation apparatus including a central portion extending along a linear mold axis between opposed first and second ends of the central portion, the deformation apparatus further provided with a first edge mold movably coupled to the first end of the central portion and a second edge mold coupled to the second end of the central portion; (II) providing an initial glass sheet with a central portion and opposed edge portions; (III) positioning the initial glass sheet relative to the deformation apparatus such that the central portion of the initial glass sheet engages the central portion of the deformation apparatus and at least one of the opposed edge portions of the initial glass sheet extends over a corresponding one of the first edge mold and the second edge mold; (IV) heating the initial glass sheet; then (V) bending at least one of the extending edge portions of the initial glass sheet to follow a contour of a corresponding one of the first and second edge molds, wherein, after the step of bending, the reformed glass sheet is provided with opposed edge portions with at least one of the edge portions bent away from a side of a central portion of the reformed glass sheet; and then (VI) cooling the reformed glass sheet, wherein a greater shrinkage of the reformed glass sheet relative to a shrinkage of the deformation apparatus is accommodated by a movement of at least the first edge mold in a first direction toward the central portion of the deformation apparatus, wherein the movement of the first edge mold does not include a rotational movement of the first edge mold relative to the central portion of the deformation apparatus.