Bend-forming device for glass plate
AssigneeAGC Inc.
InventorsShinya OTA, Ryota MATSUMOTO
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Abstract
An apparatus for bending a glass plate includes a lower ring mold to be disposed under a glass plate and configured to support an edge portion of the glass plate; a plurality of supporting members configured to support the lower ring mold; an upper mold to be disposed above the glass plate and having a downwardly convex forming surface configured to be pressed against the glass plate supported by the lower ring mold; a lower heater configured to heat the lower ring mold; and a spacer attached to the lower ring mold, the spacer configured to control a gap between the upper mold and the lower ring mold.
Claims8
An apparatus for bending a glass plate, comprising:
- a lower ring mold to be disposed under a glass plate and configured to support an edge portion of the glass plate;
- a plurality of supporting members configured to support the lower ring mold;
- an upper mold to be disposed above the glass plate and having a downwardly convex forming surface configured to be pressed against the glass plate supported by the lower ring mold;
- a lower heater configured to heat the lower ring mold;
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- a spacer attached to the lower ring mold, the spacer configured to control a gap between the upper mold and the lower ring mold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.