Methods of fabricating a glass ribbon

A method of fabricating a glass ribbon comprising the steps of:

• (I) providing a source of the glass ribbon with a pair of opposed edge portions and a central portion laterally spanning between the opposed edge portions;
• (II) traversing the glass ribbon in a downward direction relative to the source through a downward zone;
• (III) bending the glass ribbon in a bending zone downstream from the downward zone, wherein the glass ribbon comprises an upwardly concave surface through the bending zone;
• (IV) traversing the glass ribbon through a cutting zone downstream from the bending zone;
• (V) bending the edge portions and the central portion of the glass ribbon in the cutting zone to provide a bent target segment with non-planar bent edge portions and a non-planar bent central portion in the cutting zone;
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• (VI) severing at least one of the non-planar bent edge portions from the non-planar bent central portion within the cutting zone, wherein the severing occurs at a location of the bent target segment where the non-planar bent edge portions and the non-planar bent central portion are non-planar and bent.