Patent ID: 9744638
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B24B,C03B,C03C

Claim:
1. A method for decoating a glass panel, comprising: placing a decoating tool on a surface of the glass panel at a spot that is offset from ends of the glass panel inside an area of the glass panel that is to be decoated, so that the decorating tool does not lie at an end of the area of the glass panel that is to be decorated; moving the decoating tool up to a first end of the ends of the glass panel; and then moving the decoating tool in an opposite movement relative to the glass panel up to a second end of the ends of the glass panel, so that an initial area of the glass panel that is to be decoated is covered twice, wherein the decoating tool comprises a grinding element with a generally round active face that is concentric to an axis of rotation that passes through a center hole in the active face.