Patent ID: 8258427

Claim:
A system for scoring a substantially planar glass sheet along a curved line, comprising: a plurality of arm members, wherein each arm member has a proximal end and an opposing distal end, wherein a respective distal end of a first arm member of the plurality of arm members is pivotally coupled to a respective proximal end of a second arm member of the plurality of arm members; means for generating a plurality of laser beams and guiding a respective one of the plurality of laser beams to each of at least two adjacent arm members of the plurality of arm members; a means for shaping a respective one of the delivered laser beams into an elongated laser beam and directing the elongated laser beam toward the glass sheet, wherein a respective means for shaping and directing a respective one of the delivered laser beams is positioned on each of the at least two adjacent arm members of the plurality of arm members and is spaced from the glass sheet at a distance to form a contiguous chain of elongated laser beams on the glass sheet; and means for pivotally moving and positioning the plurality of arm members relative to each other to form the contiguous chain of elongated laser beams on the glass sheet into an approximation of at least a portion of a predetermined curved line.