Glass Processing Table for Rotation-Free Loading of Oversized Plates

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing glass processing machines face limitations in efficiently loading and processing glass plates with edges longer than 4.5 meters due to storage and transportation constraints, which require additional steps like rotating the glass plates, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs.

Innovation Solution

A glass processing table design that allows glass plates to be placed horizontally with their longest edge parallel to the processing bridge, featuring a mobile processing head and tilting arms for loading, enabling simultaneous loading and processing without the need for intermediate rotation steps.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If glass plates with edges longer than 4.5 meters are loaded vertically through the side of the table, then they can be loaded without rotation, but the loading system interferes with the mobile processing bridge guides and restricts line arrangement

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveloading operationVSAvoidinstallation arrangement

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent inverts the conventional loading approach by having the mobile processing bridge approach the glass plate from the end rather than having the glass plate approach from the side. This reversal eliminates the interference between loading arms and bridge guides, as the bridge now moves along the end of the table rather than alongside the loading mechanism.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the dimensional approach by extending the table in the second direction (orthogonal to the bridge extension) to a length of more than 4.5 meters, allowing glass plates to be loaded through the end of the table rather than through the side. This dimensional change enables the bridge to approach from a different spatial dimension, avoiding interference with loading systems.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the table extends more than 4.5 meters in the second direction to accommodate long glass plates, then glass plates can be loaded without rotation, but the table length increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompatibility with loading systemsVSAvoidtable length

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLength of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The extended table design serves multiple functions: it accommodates glass plates longer than 4.5 meters, enables loading from the end without rotation, and provides sufficient space for the mobile processing bridge to operate. The bridge can extend along the end of the table while the processing head moves along the longitudinal axis, creating a versatile system that handles both the loading and processing functions efficiently.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Ease of operation

If glass plates are loaded through the side of the table, then loading is straightforward, but additional rotation steps are needed and processing efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveloading operationVSAvoidprocessing speed

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent enables continuous processing by allowing the mobile processing bridge to approach and work on the glass plate immediately after loading from the end, without requiring intermediate rotation steps. The processing head can begin work on the longitudinal axis while the bridge is positioned at the end, maintaining continuous productive action throughout the operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentEP4043412B1Glass processing table for processing glass

Publication Date: 2025.09.03 TUR & DEV SL

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AI summary

Table for processing glass plates comprising a first pair of opposed sides extending in a first direction; a second pair of opposed sides extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a surface for supporting a glass plate in horizontal position wherein, wherein the processing system comprises an upper bridge and a mobile processing head, where the mobile processing head is mounted on the upper bridge, wherein the upper bridge is arranged above the surface extending longitudinally in the second direction and wherein the mobile processing head is arranged to move along the upper bridge; wherein the second pair of opposed sides of the table extends a distance of more than 4.5 meters in the second direction such that a glass plates having an edge longer than 4.5 meters can be placed for being processed on the table with said edge extending in the first direction.