Patent ID: 7472636

Claim:
A method for loading and cutting glass sheets on a cutting table, comprising the steps of: slidably attaching a carriage to said cutting table and attaching sucker-fitted pick-up arms to said carriage; providing, by means of a scoring head, scoring lines on a first sheet of glass positioned on the cutting table; extracting, during scoring of said first sheet of glass, said sucker-fitted pick-up arms from below the first sheet being worked by moving said carriage with said pick-up arms attached thereto in a first translational direction parallel to a planar extension of the first sheet of glass positioned on the cutting table, and by telescopically retracting said sucker-fitted pick-up arms in said first translational direction, tilting and telescopically extending the sucker-fitted pick-up arms, the pick-up arms so as to place suckers thereof on a second sheet to be picked up, which is arranged substantially vertically adjacent the cutting table; picking up the second sheet, starting to tilt it toward the cutting table during the scoring of the first sheet that is present on the table; moving the scored first sheet away from the table during the tilting step of the second sheet toward the cutting table; positioning the scoring head beyond a sheet supporting region, on an opposite side with respect to a pick-up region; and positioning the second sheet on the cutting table including moving said carriage with said pick-up arms attached thereto in a second translational direction that is opposite to said first translational direction back toward said cutting table.