Device for securing material plates, such as glass sheets, during the working thereof

Abstract

A device for working of material plates (1), such as glass panes, has a supporting member (25, 26, 29) for the material plate (1) and a tool (12, 18) for working the material plates (1). The supporting member (25, 26, 29) has paired supporting elements (25′, 25″, 26′, 26″, 29′, 29″) with supporting surfaces (27′, 27″, 30′, 30″) facing one another, between which the material plate (1) is held. There are openings (31) for liquid emerging under pressure in the supporting surfaces (27′, 27″, 30′, 30″). The material plate (1), especially the glass pane, is therefore not mechanically supported, as is conventional in the prior art, but uses a liquid film which is formed under pressure in the gap between the material plate (1) and the supporting surfaces (27′, 27″, 30′, 30″) of the supporting elements (25′, 25″, 26′, 26″, 29′, 29″).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.