Control means for sequencing a plurality of glass scoring means

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR SCORING A GLASS SHEET IN CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT ALONG A LINE, INCLUDING CONTROL MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY OPERATING A PLURALITY OF SELECTED GLASS SCORING MEANS DISPOSED AT PROGRESSIVELY SPACED INTERVALS IN A LINE PARALLEL TO THE LEADING EDGE OF SAID GLASS SHEET AND EXTENDING BETWEEN THE SIDE EDGES OF THE GLASS SHEET, SAID CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING AN INPUT DEVICE FOR SERIALLY GENERATING PULSE SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SELECTED GLASS SCORING MEANS; A CHECKING DEVICE, HAVING PREDETERMINED TOTAL MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE INPUT PULSE SIGNAL INFORMATION FOR EACH GLASS SHEET, COUPLED TO SAID INPUT DEVICE; AN INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, FOR STORING INFORMATION RESPECTIVE TO SELECTED GLASS SCORING MEANS TO BE OPERATED, COUPLED TO SAID INPUT DEVICE; MEANS FOR FIRST APPLYING PULSE SIGNALS TO SAID CHECKING DEVICE; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID PULSE SIGNALS IN THE AGGREGATE NOT EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE BY SAID CHECKINGG DEVICE FOR APPLYING SAID PULSE SIGNALS TO SAID INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE; MEANS FOR SENSING THE APPROACH OF THE LEADING EDGE OF SAID GLASS SHEET; AND MEANS FOR BRINGING SAID GLASS SCORING MEANS INTO CONTACT WITH A FLAT SURFACE OF SAID GLASS SHEET RESPONSIVE TO SAID MEANS FOR SENSING THE APPROACH OF THE LEADING EDGE OF SAID GLASS SHEET AND THE INFORMATION IN SAID INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE.