Apparatus for cutting, transporting and distributing glass sheets

Claim 1

APPARTUS FOR CUTTING, TRANSPORTING AND DISTRIBUTING GLASS SHEETS, WHICH COMPRISES A PRIMARY CONVEYING LINE AND A SECONDARY CONVEYING LINE EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM SAID PRIMARY CONVEYING LINE, SAID PRIMARY CONVEYING LINE INCLUDING AN INDEXING DEVICE ARRANGED TO SUPPORT A STOCK SHEET OF GLASS IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION AND ALIGN ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE THEREOF ALONG A PREDETERMINED LINE, A SCORING DEVICE POSITIONED TO RECEIVE SAID STOCK SHEET FROM SAID INDEXING DEVICE AND TO CUT A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSE SCORES ON ONE SURFACE OF SAID STOCK SHEET AT LONGITUDINALLY SPACED INTERVALS, A BREAKER CONVEYOR POSITIONED TO RECEIVE SAID SCORED STOCK SHEET FROM SAID SCORING DEVICE AND TO BREAK SAID STOCK SHEET ALONG SAID TRANSVERSE SCORES INTO A PLURALITY OF CROSS-CUT STRIPS, A DISTRIBUTING CONVEYOR, A TAKE-AWAY CONVEYOR POSITIONED TO RECEIVE SAID CROSS-CUT STRIPS FROM SAID BREAKER CONVEYOR AND TO DELIVER THEM TO SAID DISTRIBUTING CONVEYOR, MEANS FOR SEPARATING SAID TAKE-AWAY CONVEYOR AT A HIGHER SPEED THAN SAID BREAKER CONVEYOR TO SPACE SAID CROSS-CUT STRIPS ON SAID TAKE-AWAY CONVEYOR, AND A TRANSFER CONVEYOR ARRANGED TO TRANSFERF CROSS-CUT STRIPS FROM SAID DISTRIBUTING CONVEYOR TO SAID SECONDARY CONVEYING LINE.