Patent ID: 7302813

Claim:
A method for bending, in pairs, panes placed one upon another, heated to their softening temperature, comprising: depositing the pair of panes on a first bending frame and prebending the pair of panes under action of force of gravity; transferring the prebent pair of panes directly from the bending frame onto a suction bending mold with a concave forming face, an underside of a lowermost pane being supported at least on a peripheral edge of the forming face of the suction bending mold; depressing in the pair of panes for a predetermined length of time by sucking air out of an intermediate space between the underside of the lowermost pane and the suction bending mold, and pressing the pair of panes under atmospheric pressure onto the concave forming face of the suction bending mold; transferring, after an end of application of the depression, the molded pair of panes from the suction bending mold directly onto a frame with a contour is flush against the forming face of the suction bending mold and cooling the transferred molded pair of panes.