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US 11,768,475 B2Granted
Machine for working glass slabs with a computerized numeric control assembly and related production process
AssigneeForvet S.P.A. Costruzione Macchine Speciali
InventorDavide Gariglio
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Abstract
A machine for working glass slabs includes a supporting structure, a slab grinding section having grinding heads, a conveyor assembly adapted to move the glass slab, and a slab drilling section having a conveyor adjacent to the conveyor assembly. The slab grinding section has suckers for keeping the glass slab next to a working plane spaced and/or offset with respect to the advancement plane, and a computerized numeric control assembly to perform workings on the glass slab.
Claims14
A machine for working glass slabs comprising:
- a supporting structure;
- a slab-grinding section comprising grinding heads which move along a longitudinal direction when grinding, and a conveyor assembly having dragging means which move the glass slabs on an advancement plane along the longitudinal direction;
- a slab-drilling section placed downstream of the slab-grinding section and comprising a conveyor adjacent to the conveyor assembly in the longitudinal direction, substantially placed at a same height of the advancement plane of the conveyor assembly for receiving the glass slabs from the conveyor assembly at an end of the grinding operation;
- wherein the slab-grinding section further comprises retaining means which keep the glass slabs next to a working plane spaced and/or offset with respect to the advancement plane, when the grinding heads move along the longitudinal direction to grind the glass slabs;
- and the retaining means coupled to the glass slabs moving in an opposite direction relative to the longitudinal direction when the grinding heads move along the longitudinal direction to grind the glass slabs.
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