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Method and apparatus for automatically cutting a strip of glass
Assignee: Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA
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Filing: 1962-07-16
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Granted: 1965-01-12
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Expires: 1982-07-16
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Galabert Pierre
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 17:27
CPC Classifications
B; B26; B26D; B26D5/00; B26D5/20; B26D5/30; B26D1/00; B26D1/56; B26D1/60; B26D1/605; C; C03; C03B; C03B33/00; C03B33/02; C03B33/023; C03B33/0235; C03B33/027; C03B33/037; B65; B65G; B65G2249/00; B65G2249/04; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S33/00; Y10S33/03; Y10T; Y10T83/00; Y10T83/02; Y10T83/0333; Y10T83/0341; Y10T83/04; Y10T83/05; Y10T83/0515; Y10T83/465; Y10T83/4757; Y10T83/476; Y10T83/4766; Y10T83/4795; Y10T83/4824; Y10T83/748; Y10T83/7487; Y10T83/7493; Y10T83/7507; Y10T83/849; Y10T83/853; Y10T83/855; Y10T83/856; Y10T83/857; Y10T83/858
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim
202 words
A METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY TRANSVERSELY CUTTING AN ELONGATED MATERIAL IN THE FORM OF STRIP, TUBE OR THE LIKE PREFERABLY OF A GLASS STRIP MOVING FORWARDLY IN THE DIRECTION OF ITS LENGTH INTO A SERIES OF PIECES OF MATERIAL, WHICH COMPRISES ALIGNING FIRST AND SECOND MEASURING SCALES WITH THE LENGTH OF THE MATERIAL AND CAUSING THEM TO TRAVEL IN SYNCHRONISM THEREWITH, ACCURATELY ALIGNING A CUTTING TOOL WITH A PREDETERMINED FIRST POSITION ADJACENT ONE END OF THE FIRST MEASURING SCALE WHILE CAUSING THE TOOL A TRAVEL IN SYNCHRONISM WITH THE MATERIAL, MOVING THE TOOL IN A FIRST OPERATIVE SCORING STROKE GENERALLY TRANSVERSE TO THE LENGTH OF THE MATERIAL WHILE CAUSING IT TO MOVE WITH THE MATERIAL ALONG THE PATH OF THE LATTER, MOVING THE TOOL WITH RESPECT TO THE MATERIAL TO A POSITION ALIGNED WITH A PREDETERMINED POSITION ON THE FIRST SCALE, THEN FURTHER MOVING THE TOOL WITH RESPECT TO THE MATERIAL TO A POSITION ALIGNED WITH A PREDETERMINED POSITION ON THE SECOND SCALE, AND ONLY AFTER SUCH SECOND MOVEMENT OF THE TOOL MOVING THE TOOL IN A SECOND OPERATIVE SCORING STROKE GENERALLY TRANSVERSE TO THE LENGTH OF THE MATERIAL WHILE CAUSING IT TO MOVE WITH THE MATERIAL ALONG THE PATH OF THE LATTER.
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