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4225070 Method of simultaneously opening two scores transverse to one another  
Intersecting first and second scores in a glass sheet are simultaneously opened by imposing deeper first scores in the glass sheet than second scores. A bending moment force applied to a second...
4220273 Device for separating a microscope slide into two separate sections  
A device for separating a microscope slide into two separate sections has a arm mounted on a horizontal pivot carrying a downwardly extending glass cutter. A releasable member maintains the arm in...
4216004 Method of breaking optical fibers  
A method of breaking optical fibers, a fiber being scored over the entire circumference in a plane perpendicular to the fiber axis. By subsequently applying a predetermined axial tensile force to...
4213550 Method of and apparatus for initiating a damage-free score in a refractory material  
A glass ribbon advances through a first scoring station where a conventional score is imposed in the ribbon to provide a zone of damage to initiate a subsurface score and thereafter through a...
4203539 Method and apparatus for cutting optical fibers  
A method and apparatus for cutting an optical fiber along a plane that is either oblique or perpendicular to its axis. In principle, a predetermined portion of a fiber is held between a fixed...
4202475 Method and apparatus for cutting optical fibers  
A method and apparatus for cutting simultaneously a plurality of glass fibers at an uncoated end portion so as to provide smooth mirror planar cut surfaces. The method of the present invention...
4196830 Method of and apparatus for preventing premature severing of scored ribbon edges  
A glass ribbon moves downstream under a pair of scoring wheels to score the bulb edges of the ribbon and thereafter past a cross scorer to laterally score the ribbon. As the ribbon moves further...
4190184 Method of and apparatus for thermally cutting glass  
A method of and apparatus for thermally severing a thick glass sheet by applying localized heat to one surface of the sheet along an intended line of cut and flexing the sheet adjacent the exit end...
4175684 Mechanical glass knife scorer/breaker  
An apparatus having utility in microtomy comprising a device for placing a score line on the top surface of a piece of glass plate, and subsequently breaking that glass along a curvilinear plane...
4171080 Steel metal web handling method  
A method for handling an elongated web of sheet metal formed as a parent coil construct pre-divided into a plurality of severable daughter coils in which the daughter coils are selectively severed...
4168026 Apparatus for breaking an optical fibre  
A tool for breaking an optical fibre comprises an elongate base member and an elongate top member pivotally connected at a rear end. An elongate cam member slides longitudinally in the base member,...
4159793 Hand-held tool for optical fiber waveguide end preparation  
A tool for preparing the ends of optical fiber waveguides prior to such operations as coupling and splicing. The tool is adapted for single-handed operation and comprises a pair of manually...
4155495 Glass cutter with conveyor for separating and aligning glass sheets  
A conveyor for separating and aligning glass sheets moving along a sheet movement path includes a plurality of cylindrical rolls skewed relative to the movement path to displace the advancing...
4154385 Single filament fiber optic cable parting tool  
A hand-held, manually operative tool is designed for severing single filat, fiber optic cable. The exertion of a squeeze-like pressure on the handles of the tool cause the fiber optic cable to be...
4151941 Machine for detaching a surgical blade from a continuous strip in which it is formed and presenting it to a position for a subsequent operation  
A machine for detaching a surgical blade from a continuous strip in which it is manufactured and presenting the blade to a position for assembly into a blade holder. The disclosed embodiment of the...
4151940 Apparatus for automatically loosening the marginal strip from a sheet of contour-cut glass  
Apparatus for automatically loosening the marginal strip from a sheet of contour-cut glass with a minimum of edge defects comprises, in substance, a horizontal conveyor; a tracing assembly of...
4146374 Method of breaking glass fibers  
A method of breaking glass fibers in which the fiber is locally heated by means of a heating wire and kinked through a predetermined angle. As a result, an impression of the heating wire is formed...
4140820 Method of maintaining edge strength of a piece of glass  
A method of maintaining edge strength of a piece of glass i.e. preventing unintentional damage such as chips and/or scratches to the edges of the piece of glass during handling, processing and/or...
4140258 Methods and apparatus for separating glass sheets into separate sheet portions  
For separating glass sheets, especially sheets of wired glass, into separate sheet portions and stacking the sheet portions in spaced stacks, the sheets are cut to define the sheet portions, which...
4131222 Snapping of sheets of glass  
Glass snapping apparatus comprises a plurality of conveyors diverging away from each other in the direction of advance, lifting means for raising the trailing edge of the sheet above the leading...
RE29838 Apparatus for cutting a continuous element of indeterminate length into predetermined lengths  
Apparatus for cutting a continuous elements element of indeterminate length into predetermined lengths employs a pair of transversely spaced endless chains having a plurality of crossplates...
4118862 Dielectric optical waveguide severing apparatus  
A device for severing a dielectric optical waveguide comprising knife means, means for clamping a dielectric optical waveguide in closely spaced relationship with said knife means and an anvil...
4113162 Method of and apparatus for thermally severing glass  
A method of and apparatus for thermally severing thick glass sheets by applying an energized electrical resistance wire element against the glass surface coincident with the intended line of cut...
4111346 Tube cutting machine with break-off means  
A tube cutting machine has a cutting station and an intermittently operable feed means comprising an air cylinder operating a feed clamp assembly. The cylinder and clamp assembly axially advance an...
4109841 Apparatus for opening score lines in glass sheets  
Score lines or fracture lines in a glass sheet are opened by advancing the glass sheet along an article movement path into a snapping station with the score lines to be opened extending between the...
4109500 Creating lines of weakness in sheet material  
A slitting machine for longitudinally slitting sheet tinplate to form blanks for can bodies has two parallel horizontal shafts carrying cutter rolls conventionally arranged in pairs of overlapping...
4106683 Glass breaking out apparatus  
An improved template for use in a glass break-out apparatus having a major marginal edge substantially corresponding to the scored pattern inscribed on a glass blank and formed with discrete...
4105150 Glass tube cutting machine  
Glass tubes to be cut are placed side-by-side on an inclined bed which has an anvil at one end, and a movable measuring bar or stop spaced downstream of the anvil to define the tube length desired....
4088255 Apparatus for opening lateral scores in moving glass sheets  
An endless belt moves a glass sheet having lateral scores along a movement path having a receiving horizontal path portion and a downwardly inclined or sloping path portion. As the leading edge of...
4087033 Apparatus for opening film cassettes  
Apparatus for opening substantially rigid synthetic plastic film cassettes of the type having a pay-out section and a film take-up section which are connected by a film-guiding web section of...
4084569 Tile cutter  
The invention relates to tile cutters and provides a tool for cutting glass and ceramic tiles. The tool can be used both to guide a scriber for scoring the surface of the tile and also to provide...
4076159 Breaking flat glass into cullet  
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...
4074840 Hand-held tool for optical fiber waveguide end preparation  
A tool for preparing the ends of optical fiber waveguides prior to such operations as splicing is disclosed. The tool is adapted for single-handed operation and comprises a pair of manually...
4072259 Method of and apparatus for opening scores in a glass sheet  
Lateral scores in an annealed glass ribbon are opened by applying a bending moment about the score while applying additional tension to the glass ribbon adjacent its edges.
4068788 Method for cracking brittle material  
A machine for separating a sheet of brittle material, for example a semiconductor wafer, into a plurality of pellets is disclosed. The pellets are defined by a plurality of intersecting scribed...
4057184 Method of scoring glass using a scoring wheel having an arcuate scoring surface  
Pieces of glass are scored using a scoring wheel having a major radius (R 1 ) and an arcuate scoring surface (R 2 ) forced against the piece at a predetermined pressure. Thereafter, the score is...
4049167 Cutting of glass  
A process for automatically removing edge portions from a glass sheet comprises scoring a line of cut on a first surface of the sheet between the edge portion and the remainder of the sheet,...
4046300 Scored glass bracket breaking apparatus  
A glass pattern breaking apparatus having a press roll which is rollably movable across a prescored glass bracket supported upon an aligned template for breaking out the prescored pattern. The...
4046298 Methods and apparatus for stripping optical fiber ribbons  
This disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for stripping a protective coating from multi-conductor flat ribbon containing a plurality of parallel, spaced optical fibers. The ribbon is...
4044937 Multiple ball element wafer breaking apparatus  
An apparatus is disclosed for breaking apart, pre-scribed chips in a semiconductor wafer. The apparatus comprises a plurality of ball elements having a diameter substantially smaller than the...
4039309 Method and apparatus for breaking optical fibers  
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for breaking optical fibers. The present method comprises the steps of: clamping an optical fiber at two spaced-apart peripheral areas on...
4036419 Severing apparatus  
A device for severing a dielectric optical waveguide comprising at least one dielectric optical waveguide clamping means for holding a portion of said dielectric optical waveguide against an anvil...
4033490 Manufacture of a window by breaking the edges of a sheet of glass along a score  
An apparatus is disclosed for severing the peripheral portion of a sheet of glass along a line scored on the surface of the glass comprising means for applying heat to the glass adjacent the...
4023723 Apparatus for breaking strips from plates, particularly from plates of chewing gum  
The pre-grooved plates e.g. of chewing gum are advanced over a stationary breaker edge into the path of a rotating, polygonal (preferably triangular) breaker shaft whose apices form breaker edges...
4018372 Glass cutting method and apparatus  
The internal compressive stresses sub-adjacent the surfaces of relatively thick (over 1/2 inch) glass sheet material are mechanically reduced on the surface to be scored by bending the glass during...
4017013 Multiple fiber end preparation  
An apparatus for severing the ends of a plurality of parallel optical fibers so that the endfaces thereof are relatively flat, are substantially perpendicular to the fiber axes and are relatively...
4017012 Severing apparatus for plastic material  
A positive acting apparatus or machine is disclosed having an upper, downwardly movable blade assembly and a lower fixed position opposed blade assembly for cutting-off selected lengths of a resin...
4009813 Apparatus for cracking plastic sheet  
A small anvil is provided below the score line and is resiliently connected to a manually manipulated head above the score line such that the user can push downwardly on the head in order to...
4005808 Plastic cutting method  
Plastic sheet material is scored and broken by a three-step process, either in an automated version or by means of a manual approach. The automated version includes a carriage with a first station...
4004723 Apparatus for removal of glass sheet flash  
In the hitherto known apparatus removal of the flash, i.e. of the remaining portion of a glass sheet is effected by means of abutment rods which are vertically reciprocable and adapted to exert...
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