Patent ID: 7255253

Claim:
In a method for dividing glass plates (P) into cut pieces, wherein each glass plate (P) is scribed and then is broken off in relation to the cut piece to be produced using cutting and breaking-off systems ( 30 , 40 , 50 , 55 , 60 , 65 , 75 ), and whereby finished cut pieces are temporarily stored in an interim buffer ( 80 ), the improvement comprising producing a series of sub-plates (T) from one or more of the glass plates (P) by scribing and breaking-off of the glass plate (P), wherein consecutive sub-plates (T) within each series exhibit identical or different material properties, wherein at least two glass plates (P) exhibiting different material properties are temporarily stored together in an intermediate storage ( 20 ), the glass plates (P) being fed from the intermediate storage ( 20 ) to the cutting and breaking-off system ( 30 ), the cutting and breaking-off system ( 30 ) generating exclusively X cuts, subdividing each sub-plate (T) by scribing and breaking-off of the sub-plate (T) until a finished cut piece has been attained, and depositing finished cut pieces in a predetermined sequence in the interim buffer ( 80 ) for further processing when required, wherein the step of producing the series of sub-plates (T) and the step of subdividing the sub-plates (T) into finished cut pieces are carried out concurrently and in different locations, and further wherein a residual plate (R) is generated when producing a sub-plate (T) from the glass plate (P), the residual plate (R) remaining in the intermediate storage ( 20 ) until a further sub-plate (T) from the glass plate (P) is separated.