摘要 |
In the manufacture of a window, an apparatus and method for detachment of edges from a sheet of glass along a cut-off line or score is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a frame surrounding an open area, elastic means in the form either of elastic cables connected together at one end and connected to the frame at the other end or a belt connected to the frame and traversing the open area, a support for supporting the sheet of glass and means for moving one of the frame or support for supporting the sheet of glass so that the elastic means acts on to flex the edges of the sheet of glass about the cut-off line or score and break the edges from the window. The apparatus, further, may comprise structure for incising break lines in the edges of the glass sheet to assist in breaking the edges from the window.
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