Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of bending dissimilar glass compositions
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Application No.: US17256549Application Date: 2019-06-28
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Publication No.: US11691907B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Mario Arturo Mannheim Astete , Iván Arturo Cornejo , Jean Marie Le Ny
- Applicant: AGP America S.A.
- Applicant Address: PA Ciudad de Panama
- Assignee: AGP America S.A.
- Current Assignee: AGP America S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: PA Ciudad de Panama
- Agency: The Morales Law Firm
- Agent Joseph L. Morales
- International Application: PCT/IB2019/055534 2019.06.28
- International Announcement: WO2020/003250A 2020.01.02
- Date entered country: 2020-12-28
- Main IPC: C03B23/023
- IPC: C03B23/023 ; B32B17/10 ; B32B17/06 ; C03B27/04 ; C03B27/052

Abstract:
Glass laminates, comprising more than one glass composition, are becoming increasingly common as the industry moves towards lighter and stronger glazing. Bending dissimilar glass compositions can present problems. A mismatch in the glass viscosity curves, especially in the viscoelastic region of the compositions can result in one layer becoming softer than one of the other layers during the thermal bending process. As a result, economical processes, such as gravity or press bending in which multiple glass layers are simultaneously bent, may not be practical to use forcing the use of more expensive single glass layer bending processes. By thermal treatment processes the fictive temperature of at least one of the glass compositions prior to bending can be shifted to better match the other compositions allowing the glass layers to be simultaneously bent.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210253466A1 METHOD OF BENDING DISSIMILAR GLASS COMPOSITIONS Public/Granted day:2021-08-19
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