Patent ID: 9434085
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: B26D,B65G,C03B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A cutting apparatus, comprising: an upstream table for carrying a glass substrate comprising a unit panel and a leftover connected to each other; a downstream table disposed adjacent to the upstream table with a gap therebetween for receiving the unit panel cut from the glass substrate; a transferring device for displacing the glass substrate from the upstream table to the downstream table; and a cutting device arranged between the upstream and downstream tables and including an upper knife and a lower knife suitable respectively arranged above and below the glass substrate for conducting cutting strokes with respect to the glass substrate from above and below to partly separate the leftover from the unit panel, wherein the lower knife is located downstream of the upper knife, a roller being arranged above the glass substrate and substantially in alignment with the lower knife; wherein the apparatus further includes a discharging device arranged between the upstream and downstream tables for separating the leftover from the unit panel, the discharging device including: a vacuum pump; a sucking board having orifices defined in a surface thereof on which the leftover is positionable to be in direct contact engagement therewith and interconnected with a sucking chamber arranged at a bottom thereof, wherein the sucking chamber is in communication with the orifices and the vacuum pump that selectively induces a suction force on the surface of the sucking board so as to have the leftover firmly held on the surface of the sucking board; and a displacing device interconnected to the sucking board for maneuvering the sucking board so as to displace the sucking board along with the leftover firmly held thereon to thereby completely separate the leftover from the unit panel, allowing the displacing device to move the leftover away from the unit panel.