Patent ID: 9701564
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B23K,C03B

Claim:
1. A system for laser cutting at least one glass article comprising: a glass synthesis station operable to form at least one glass article comprised of two end sections, and at least one lateral surface disposed lengthwise between the two end sections; a glass cutting station comprising a pulsed laser assembly operable to laser cut at least one perforation line in the at least one glass article received from the glass synthesis station, and a glass support assembly comprising a conveyor configured to support the at least one glass article during laser cutting with the pulsed laser assembly, wherein the pulsed laser assembly and the glass support assembly are moveable relative to one another, and wherein the pulsed laser assembly comprises a glass separation station downstream of the glass cutting station and configured to remove a portion of the at least one glass article about the perforation line to produce a laser cut glass article; wherein the conveyor of the glass support assembly is operable to move the at least one glass article as the rotational arm rotates about the at least one glass article.