US 12,269,766 B2
Glass shaping apparatus
Lukasz Myl, Sandomierz (PL)
Assigned to PILKINGTON AUTOMOTIVE POLAND Sp. z o.o., Sandomierz (PL)
Appl. No. 17/266,330
Filed by PILKINGTON AUTOMOTIVE POLAND Sp. z o.o., Sandomierz (PL)
PCT Filed Aug. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/PL2019/000064
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/032812, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 426609 (PL), filed on Aug. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0317029 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. C03B 23/03 (2006.01); C03B 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC C03B 23/0307 (2013.01) [C03B 23/03 (2013.01); C03B 29/00 (2013.01); C03B 2225/02 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for shaping a glass sheet having thereon a reflective coating configured to reduce heat emitted from the glass sheet comprising:
(i) positioning the coated glass sheet at a furnace entrance;
(ii) after step (i), conveying the coated glass sheet through the furnace to heat the coated glass sheet to a temperature suitable for shaping;
(iii) after step (ii), transferring the coated glass sheet on to a frame, the frame having a fixed wall and first, second and third movable walls, the coated glass sheet being supported by the first, second and third movable walls;
(iv) after step (iii), moving at least one of the first, second and third movable walls to adjust the horizontal position of the coated glass sheet on the frame from a first position to a second position; and
(v) after step (iv), shaping the coated glass sheet between the frame and a die.