Apparatus for scoring and breaking leagths from an elongated vitreous body

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR SEVERING LENGTHS FROM AN ELONGATED VITREOUS BODY TRAVELLING LONGITUDINALLY IN A LINEAR PATH, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A DISC MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON AN AXIS TRANSVERSE TO SAID PATH WITH ITS PERIPHERY ENGAGEABLE WITH ONE SIDE OF AN ELONGATED VITREOUS BODY TRAVELLING LONGITUDINALLY ALONG SAID PATH, (B) A SUPPORT FOR SAID DISC, (C) MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID DISC AT A PERIPHERAL SPEED CORRESPONDING TO THE LINEAR SPEED OF SUCH BODY, (D) CUTTER MEANS FOR TRANSVERSELY SCORING SUCH BODY, (E) SAID CUTTER MEANS BEING MOUNTED ON THE PERIPHERAL PORTION OF SAID DISC AND INCLUDING AN ARM SWUNG AT ONE END ON SAID DISC WITH ITS FREE END EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARD TOWARD THE PERIPHERY OF THE DISC AND ITS PIVOTAL AXIS TRANSVERSE TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE DISC AND IN A PLANE INCLUDING THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SUCH BODY AND (F) A CUTTING WHEEL MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON THE FREE END OF SAID ARM WITH ITS AXIS OF ROTATION PARALLEL TO THE PIVOTAL AXIS OF SAID ARM AND ITS CUTTING EDGE EXTENDING BEYOND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID DISC IN THE FULLY SWUNG OUT POSITION OF SAID ARM ON SAID DISC FOR SCORING ENGAGEMENT WITH SUCH BODY, (G) THE PIVOTAL AXIS OF SAID ARM, THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID WHEEL AND THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE VITREOUS BODY BEING IN A COMMON PLANE NORMAL TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID DISC IN THE FULLY SWUNG OUT POSITION OF SAID ARM ON SAID DISC, (H) SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING ALSO MEANS FOR SWINGING THE ARM TO MOVE THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE CUTTING WHEEL INTO TRANSVERSE SCORING ENGAGEMENT ACROSS SUCH BODY, AND (I) MEANS CORRELATING THE DRIVE MEANS FOR SAID DISC AND THE MEANS FOR SWINGING THE PIVOTED ARM TO TRANSVERSELY SCORE SUCH BODY IN THE REGION OF THE POINT OF TANGENCY OF SUCH BODY WITH THE PERIPHERY OF THE DISC.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR SEVERING LENGTHS FROM AN ELONGATED VITREOUS BODY TRAVELLING LONGITUDINALLY IN A LINEAR PATH, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A DISC MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON AN AXIS TRANSVERSE TO SAID PATH WITH ITS PERIPHERY ENGAGEABLE WITH ONE SIDE OF AN ELONGATED VITREOUS BODY TRAVELLING LONGITUDINALLY ALONG SAID PATH, (B) A SUPPORT FOR SAID DISC, (C) MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID DISC AT A PERIPHERAL SPEED CORRESPONDING TO THE LINEAR SPEED OF SUCH BODY, (D) CUTTER MEANS FOR TRANSVERSELY SCORING SUCH BODY, (E) SAID CUTTER MEANS BEING MOUNTED ON THE PERIPHERAL PORTION OF SAID DISC AND INCLUDING AN ARM SWUNG AT ONE END ON SAID DISC WITH ITS FREE END EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARD TOWARD THE PERIPHERY OF THE DISC AND ITS PIVOTAL AXIS TRANSVERSE TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE DISC AND IN A PLANE INCLUDING THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SUCH BODY AND (F) A CUTTING WHEEL MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON THE FREE END OF SAID ARM WITH ITS AXIS OF ROTATION PARALLEL TO THE PIVOTAL AXIS OF SAID ARM AND ITS CUTTING EDGE EXTENDING BEYOND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID DISC IN THE FULLY SWUNG OUT POSITION OF SAID ARM ON SAID DISC FOR SCORING ENGAGEMENT WITH SUCH BODY, (G) THE PIVOTAL AXIS OF SAID ARM, THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID WHEEL AND THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE VITREOUS BODY BEING IN A COMMON PLANE NORMAL TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID DISC IN THE FULLY SWUNG OUT POSITION OF SAID ARM ON SAID DISC, (H) SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING ALSO MEANS FOR SWINGING THE ARM TO MOVE THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE CUTTING WHEEL INTO TRANSVERSE SCORING ENGAGEMENT ACROSS SUCH BODY, AND (I) MEANS CORRELATING THE DRIVE MEANS FOR SAID DISC AND THE MEANS FOR SWINGING THE PIVOTED ARM TO TRANSVERSELY SCORE SUCH BODY IN THE REGION OF THE POINT OF TANGENCY OF SUCH BODY WITH THE PERIPHERY OF THE DISC.