Patent ID: 7716949

Claim:
A method for positioning a heated glass sheet for forming comprising: conveying a heated glass sheet on a horizontal conveyor in a horizontally plane of conveyance along a direction of conveyance toward a forming station having a forming mold including a downwardly facing curved forming face that is positioned above the plane of conveyance and has a forming portion for forming a glass sheet of a predetermined size; detecting the spacing along the direction of conveyance between downstream and upstream extremities of the conveyed glass sheet to determine any difference from the glass sheet of the predetermined size and generating a control signal indicating any such difference; continuing to convey the glass sheet below the forming mold and using the control signal to centrally position the glass sheet along the direction of conveyance below the forming portion of the forming face; and transferring the centrally positioned glass sheet from the conveyor to the forming mold for forming of the glass sheet against the forming face.