Apparatus for diverting an unusable glass plate during the continuous production of glass plates of different formats and thicknesses, having devices in an arrangement which has the following features: a) the finished glass plates are examined for faults and their quality is assessed by lasers and/or other detection means, b) the glass plates thus assessed pass through an array which comprises electrically driven, tiltable roller pairs which, organised as self-contained functional units, are arranged beside one another in rows, c) when a glass plate of which the format does not exceed a specific size and which has been assessed as unusable reaches this array, those roller pairs which are needed for a diversion according to the format of the relevant glass plate are folded down in good time in the form of an inclined plane by means of a control shaft, and the glass plate is diverted out of the production process by means of running rollers, d) when a glass plate of which the format exceeds a specific size and which has been assessed as unusable reaches this array, those roller pairs which are needed for a diversion according to the format of the relevant glass plate are folded down in good time in the form of an inclined plane, and the glass plate is diverted out of the production process, beginning at the leading part, at the same time a tilting apparatus additionally supporting the trailing part of this glass plate via a lever drive and tilting rollers which pass between the running rollers of the main line, e) following the diversion of an unusable piece of glass, the tilted roller pairs and, if appropriate, the tilting rollers are each folded back into their initial position again by means of the control shaft. a) the finished glass plates are examined for faults and their quality is assessed by lasers and/or other detection means, b) the glass plates thus assessed pass through an array which comprises electrically driven, tiltable roller pairs which, organised as self-contained functional units, are arranged beside one another in rows, c) when a glass plate of which the format does not exceed a specific size and which has been assessed as unusable reaches this array, those roller pairs which are needed for a diversion according to the format of the relevant glass plate are folded down in good time in the form of an inclined plane by means of a control shaft, and the glass plate is diverted out of the production process by means of running rollers, d) when a glass plate of which the format exceeds a specific size and which has been assessed as unusable reaches this array, those roller pairs which are needed for a diversion according to the format of the relevant glass plate are folded down in good time in the form of an inclined plane, and the glass plate is diverted out of the production process, beginning at the leading part, at the same time a tilting apparatus additionally supporting the trailing part of this glass plate via a lever drive and tilting rollers which pass between the running rollers of the main line, e) following the diversion of an unusable piece of glass, the tilted roller pairs and, if appropriate, the tilting rollers are each folded back into their initial position again by means of the control shaft.