Patent ID: 7244083
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: B23Q,C03B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cutting head assembly, for use in cutting glass plate while following a predetermined path generally created by a controller, comprising, in combination: a drive motor having a hollow bore extending through the motor about the vertical rotational centerline of the motor; a spline shaft positioned in the bore, said spline shaft having a first end extended above the motor and a second end extended below the motor; a cutting tool removably attached to the second end of the spline shaft; and a cylinder and piston arrangement attached to the first end of the spline shaft, wherein the drive motor imparts rotational movement to the cutting tool through the spline shaft and the cylinder and piston arrangement provides movement in the vertical direction to the cutting tool through the spline shaft which moves vertically through the hollow bore of the drive motor.