Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Formen von Glasscheiben.

摘要

Selected portions (16) of a glass sheet (10) are heated to elevated temperatures and offset, i.e. reformed, relative to the remaining portions (12) of the glass sheet (10) while maintaining the optical properties of the remaining portions of the glass sheet (10). The reformed areas (16) can be used as a structure to which guide brackets (36) are other hardware can be secured or as an integral glass ledge to guide the up and down movement of the glass sheet 10 within a vehicle door frame.