METHOD FOR CUTTING HOT GLASS

• Main Authors: DONALD PHILIP MICHELOTTI, JAMES LANTRY ORAVITZ JR, JACK ALLEN BRICKER, EARL LAYTON MAY, JOHN ROBERT DAHLBERG, WILLIAM RANDOLPH SISKOS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.07.1990
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; GLASS; MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL

A glass sheet is cut while at a temperature at about its annealing point temperature by scoring the glass sheet along a line of cut and imparting a bending moment to the glass along the scored line to open the glass. The glass sheet remains at its elevated temperature throughout the cutting operatio...