Apparatus for cutting sheet glass

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CUTTING SHEET GLASS ON A TABLE, COMPRISING A RAIL, A CARRIAGE MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID RAIL, A GLASS CUTTING TOOL, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID TOOL ON SAID CARRIAGE FOR LINEAR MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM A GLASS SHEET RESTING ON THE TABLE AND FOR ANGULAR MOVEMENT ABOUT THE LINE OF SAID LINEAR MOVEMENT, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID TOOL ABOUT SAID LINE AS AN AXIS AND FOR SETTING THE SAME AT A DESIRED ANGLE IN RELATION TO SAID GLASS SHEE, AND ACTUATING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CARRIAGE ON SAID RAIL AND FOR MANIPULATING SAID TOOL AT A PLACE REMOTE FROM SAID CARRIAGE, SAID ACTUATING MEANS INCLUDING AN ELONGATED HANDLE, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID HANDLE AND OPERABLE BY THE LATTER TO MOVE SAID TOOL ALONG SAID LINE INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GLASS SHEET WITHOUT DISTURBING THE ANGULAR SETTING GIVEN SAID TOOL BY SAID ROTATING AND SET ING MEANS, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID HANDLE TO SAID CARRIAGE FOR ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF SAID HANDLE ABOUT SAID LINE AND TOOL, WITHOUT DISTURBING SUCH GIVEN ANGULAR SETTING OF THE LATTER WHEREBY SAID TOOL MAY BE OPERATED BY SAID HANDLE AT A NUMBER OF POSITIONS OF THE LATTER DISPOSED AROUND SAID LINE AS AN AXIS WITHOUT DISTURBING THE ANGULAR SETTING GIVEN SUCH TOOL BY SAID ROTATING AND SETTING MEANS.