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US 5,628,677 AGranted
Apparatus for machining glass
OwnerHeinz Herrmanninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for machining glass has a housing forming an upwardly open water-holding reservoir, a horizontal screen forming a support surface and covering the housing, a drive motor in the housing having an output shaft extending upward through the screen, and a drive wheel on the output shaft above the screen. A mount on the housing at the screen is releasably secured to a machine base that carries a glass-machining tool releasably connected to the wheel.
Claims9
An apparatus for machining glass, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing forming an upwardly open water-holding reservoir;
- a horizontal screen forming a support surface and covering the housing;
- a drive motor in the housing having an output shaft extending upward through the screen;
- a drive wheel on the output shaft above the screen;
- a mount on the housing at the screen;
- a machine base;
- means releasably securing the base on the screen at the mount;
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- a glass-machining tool mounted on the base and releasably connected to the wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.