Apparatus for cutting glass

Claim 1

A GLASS CUTTING APPARATUS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A PLURALITY OF STATIONS DISPOSED IN SERIES, SUPPLY MEANS ADJACENT THE END OF THE INITIAL ONE OF SAID STATIONS FOR SUPPORTING LARGE SHEETS OF GLASS TO BE CUT IN A STACKED ARRANGEMENT WITH EACH OF SAID SHEETS SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED, MEANS NORMALLY DISPOSED BELOW THE TOP PLANE OF SAID INITIAL STATION FOR PICKING UP SINGLE SHEETS OF GLASS FROM SAID SUPPLY MEANS AND PLACING THEM IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION UPON SAID INITIAL STATION FOR MOVEMENT TO SUBSEQUENT STATIONS, COVEYOR MEANS ON EACH OF SAID STATIONS FOR RECEIVING GLASS SHEETS FROM SAID SUPPLY MEANS AND THE PROCEDING STATIONS, RESPECTIVELY, AND ADVANCING THEM TO THE NEXT OF SAID STATIONS, SAID PICKUP MEANS ON SAID INITIAL STATION ADAPTED TO DELIVER SHEETS OF GLASS TO SAID CONVEYOR MEANS ON SAID INITIAL STATION BY MOVING SAID VERTICALLY DISPOSED SHEETS THROUGH AN ARC GREATHER THAN 90*., CUTTER MEANS ON ANOTHER OF SAID STATIONS FOR PRODUCING CUTS IN BOTH A LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE DIRECTION UPON SHEETS OF GLASS RESTING THEREON, MEANS SUBSEQUENT TO SAID STATION HAVING CUTTER MEANS FOR BREAKING THE CUTS PRODUCED IN ONE DIRECTION THEREON, ONE OF SAID STATIONS SUBSEQUENT TO SAID BREAKER MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE SHEETS OF GLASS THEREON, MEANS DISPOSED BEFORE THE FINAL ONE OF SAID STATIONS NEXT IN LINE FOR BREAKING THE CUTS PRODUCED IN THE OTHER DIRECTION ON THE SHEETS OF GLASS, WHEREBY, THE FINAL ONE OF SAID STATIONS RECEIVE AT ONE END OF ITS CONVEYOR MEANS A PLURALITY OF GLASS LIGHTS FOR EACH LARGE SHEET PICKED UP BY SAID INITIAL STATION, MEANS FOR REMOVING SAID LIGHTS FROM THE OTHER END OF SAID CONVEYOR MEANS ON SAID FINAL STATION, AND MEANS FOR RECEIVING IN STACKED ARRANGEMENT A PLURALITY OF LIGHTS FROM SAID REMOVING MEANS WITH EACH OF SAID STACKED LIGHTS SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED.