Glass cutting line with automatic remnant storage and retrieval including cutting table with integrated squaring stop and Y-break breaking bar facilitating sub-plate cutting
AssigneeBillco Manufacturing Incorporatei
InventorsPhillip David Plant, Darin Vietmeier
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Abstract
A glass cutting line includes automatic remnant storage and retrieval including cutting table with integrated squaring stop and y-break breaking bar facilitating sub-plate cutting. The cutting table is configured for sub-plate cutting mode which provides the ability to cut portions of a stock sheet and release the cut portion in the form of a remnant and or individual workpieces to breakout before the entire sheet is finished scoring without the sub-plate leaving the cutting table.
Claims13
A glass cutting table comprising:
- a bridge extending across the table configured for movement along an X axis;
- a carriage moveable along the bridge in a Y-Axis;
- a cutting head on the carriage and movable within an XY plane defined by the X-axis and the Y-axis to cut glass workpieces;
- a conveyor for advancing the glass workpieces in the direction of the X-axis;
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- a Y-axis breaking bar configured to break the workpiece along a score line extending across the Y-axis of the workpiece, and a squaring stop integrated with the Y-axis breaking bar and configured to stop the workpiece in the X-axis for workpiece squaring, whereby the Y-axis breaking bar and squaring stop form an integrated squaring stop and Y-axis breaking bar.
A glass cutting table having a longitudinal X-axis and a perpendicular Y-axis, the cutting table comprising:
- a conveyor configured for advancing glass workpieces in the direction of the X-axis;
- a bridge extending across the table configured for movement along the X-axis;
- a carriage moveable along the bridge in the Y-Axis;
- a cutting head on the carriage and movable within an XY plane defined by the X-axis and the Y-axis and configured to selectively cut the glass workpieces;
- a squaring stop configured to stop the workpiece in the X-axis for workpiece squaring;
- a Y-axis breaking bar configured to break the workpiece along a score line extending across the Y-axis of the workpiece, wherein the squaring stop is integral with the Y-axis breaking bar forming an integrated squaring stop and Y-axis breaking bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.