METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING MOTOR VEHICLE WINDSHIELDS

摘要

Method and apparatus for removing windshields (11), particularly laminated windshields, from motor vehicles (10) during emergency rescue operations comprise an apparatus with a blade (16), a blade driver (20) for reciprocating the blade (16), and a portable power source (24) for the blade driver (20). The blade driver is selectively operated to reciprocate the blade (16), which breaks and pulverizes the glass and breaks the plastic lamination of the windshield along a predetermined path to circumscribe a portion of the windshield that is to be removed.