Abstract 1. In a method of handling a glass sheet comprising (a) supporting said glass sheet while said sheet is at its deformation temperature between a lower shaping mold and an upper shaping mold having complementary shaping surfaces conforming to the shape desired for said glass sheet, (b) lifting said lower sheet along its lower surface until said engaged glass sheet is sandwiched between said lower shaping mold and said upper shaping mold, and (c) supporting said glass sheet by vacuum against said upper shaping mold. the improvement comprising (1) retracting said lower shaping mold from said upper shaping mold while supporting said glass sheet by vacuum against said upper shaping mold, (2) introducing means to support said glass sheet adjacent its marginal edge only to a position aligned immediately adjacent to and below said upper mold and above said lower mold, (3) releasing said glass sheet from said upper mold with said glass sheet support means disposed therebeneath to deposit said glass sheet onto said glass sheet support means, (4) transferring said glass sheet while on said glass sheet support means to a cooling station, (5) immediately cooling said glass sheet with tempering medium while supported on said glass sheet support means at a rapid enough rate to impart at least a partial temper to the glass sheet, and (6) removing said glass sheet from said glass sheet support means after said cooling.
In a method of handling a glass sheet comprising (a) supporting said glass sheet while said sheet is at its deformation temperature between a lower shaping mold and an upper shaping mold having complementary shaping surfaces conforming to the shape desired for said glass sheet, (b) lifting said lower sheet along its lower surface until said engaged glass sheet is sandwiched between said lower shaping mold and said upper shaping mold, and (c) supporting said glass sheet by vacuum against said upper shaping mold. the improvement comprising (1) retracting said lower shaping mold from said upper shaping mold while supporting said glass sheet by vacuum against said upper shaping mold, (2) introducing means to support said glass sheet adjacent its marginal edge only to a position aligned immediately adjacent to and below said upper mold and above said lower mold, (3) releasing said glass sheet from said upper mold with said glass sheet support means disposed therebeneath to deposit said glass sheet onto said glass sheet support means, (4) transferring said glass sheet while on said glass sheet support means to a cooling station, (5) immediately cooling said glass sheet with tempering medium while supported on said glass sheet support means at a rapid enough rate to impart at least a partial temper to the glass sheet, and (6) removing said glass sheet from said glass sheet support means after said cooling.
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In a method of handling a glass sheet comprising (a) supporting said glass sheet while said sheet is at its deformation temperature between a lower shaping mold and an upper shaping mold having complementary shaping surfaces conforming to the shape desired for said glass sheet, (b) lifting said lower sheet along its lower surface until said engaged glass sheet is sandwiched between said lower shaping mold and said upper shaping mold, and (c) supporting said glass sheet by vacuum against said upper shaping mold. the improvement comprising (1) retracting said lower shaping mold from said upper shaping mold while supporting said glass sheet by vacuum against said upper shaping mold, (2) introducing means to support said glass sheet adjacent its marginal edge only to a position aligned immediately adjacent to and below said upper mold and above said lower mold, (3) releasing said glass sheet from said upper mold with said glass sheet support means disposed therebeneath to deposit said glass sheet onto said glass sheet support means, (4) transferring said glass sheet while on said glass sheet support means to a cooling station, (5) immediately cooling said glass sheet with tempering medium while supported on said glass sheet support means at a rapid enough rate to impart at least a partial temper to the glass sheet, and (6) removing said glass sheet from said glass sheet support means after said cooling.