Patent ID: 8574034

Claim:
A glass cutting and edge-coating removal head mounted on a cutting bench and adapted for cutting sheets of glass coated with a protective film and for edge-coating removal of a portion of the film prior to cutting the glass wherein said head is mounted on a bridging cross-piece (K) of the cutting bench adapted for longitudinal movement above a plane (P) on which a sheet of glass (V) coated with a protective film (S) is arranged for cutting, said head comprising: a plate ( 2 ) adapted for transverse sliding movement on said bridging cross-piece (K), a cutting group ( 20 . 1 ) including a cutting tool ( 20 ) arranged at a base end of a pin ( 21 ) operatively connected at an upper end to a first motor ( 22 ) adapted to orient the cutting tool ( 20 ) for cutting the sheet of glass (V), and an edge-coating removal group ( 10 . 1 ) including an edge-coating removal tool ( 10 ) arranged at a base end of a tube ( 11 ) coaxially circumscribing said cutting tool ( 20 ) and pin ( 21 ), said tube ( 11 ) being adapted for axial rotation so that the rotation of the edge-coating removal tool ( 10 ) removes a portion of the film (S) from the glass sheet (V) to thereby allow the cutting of the glass sheet (V) by the cutting tool ( 20 ), said cutting group ( 20 . 1 ) and said edge-coating removal group ( 10 . 1 ) being mounted on said plate ( 2 ) so as to form a single drive column ( 30 ).