Patent ID: 8753173

Claim:
A device for grinding mutually parallel edges of glass plates, comprising: a horizontal conveyer transporting the glass plates; diametrically opposed grinding tools each driven in a rotated manner by a drive; a cooling agent supply line for cooling each of the grinding tools; and, on each side of an edge of a glass plate to be ground, one grinding assembly or two grinding assemblies disposed one behind the other in a direction of conveyance of the glass plates, wherein said grinding assemblies are provided with a rotatably driveable grinding tool; a lateral cooling agent supply line and, situated at a distance therefrom, a cooling agent suction line assigned to each of the grinding tools; a redirection and stream-dividing segment which redirects and divides a supplied stream of cooling agent in a direction toward the grinding tool; a vacuum source, wherein the housing part assigned to the grinding tool is disposed on a side facing said vacuum source and has an enlarging cross section; and a separator for removing solid particles, provided between said vacuum source and the cooling agent suction line, and wherein a cross section of the cooling agent suction line is greater than a cross section of the cooling agent supply line.