Automatic machine for grinding the perimetric edge of glass sheets
AssigneeFor.El. Base di Vianello Fortunato & C. S.n.c.
InventorsFortunato Vianello, Dino Moschini
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Abstract
An automatic machine and an automatic method for grinding the perimetric edge of rectangular or nonrectangular of glass sheets arranged substantially vertically, comprising at least one conveyor and at least one workhead provided with an abrasive tool for grinding the glass sheet at its edge, following its perimetric profile by way of the relative action of movement of the glass sheet and movement of the at least one workhead. During grinding, the glass sheet is no longer supported and moved by the conveyor but by at least one carriage, to which the glass sheet is coupled by way of at least one sucker.
Claims10
An automatic machine for grinding a perimetric edge of a substantially flat glass sheet arranged substantially vertically, comprising:
- a machine body;
- at least one conveyor;
- at least one sucker carriage which is movable with a synchronous horizontal motion along a horizontal axis;
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- at least one workhead, which is movable with a synchronous vertical motion along a vertical axis, said workhead being provided with a tool which has a rotary cutting motion and which is movable with a registering motion along an axis which is perpendicular to a face of the glass sheet to be ground, said tool being adapted to come into contact with an edge of the glass sheet and being able to move with respect to the glass sheet along an entire perimeter thereof, said at least one conveyor being located so as not to provide edge support for the glass sheet during grinding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.