Patent ID: 7155938

Claim:
A method for loading a glass processing installation, wherein glass plates are stored in a storage unit, the method comprising the following steps: step a) extracting at least partially a glass plate from the storage unit; and step b) dividing the glass plate into a residual portion, which is stored in the storage unit, and a loading portion, which is delivered to the glass processing installation; wherein step a) and step b) are repeated such that glass plates are extracted from the storage unit and loading portions are delivered to the glass processing installation in a predetermined sequence, and wherein at least one glass plate, from which a loading portion is separated, is provided with at least two different scribing lines before performing step b), said loading portion being completely scribed before performing step b), such that the loading portion, after severing and delivering to the glass processing installation, is adapted to be divided into desired portions without another scribing operation, and wherein only the loading portion is completely scribed, the residual portion remains unscribed.