Breaking flat glass into cullet
US4076159A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 18, 1976 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T225/329
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Flat glass advancing along a conveyor in the form of a continuous ribbon or individual sheets, is broken into cullet by applying breaking loads to the glass which put breaking stresses into the glass simultaneously about two axes which are substantially orthogonal to one another.
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