ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,241, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE (Thourotte, France).
"Method and system for breaking out at least one margin from a glass sheet" was invented by Thierry Dumenil (Courbevoie, France), Axel Nogret (Courbevoie, France) and Juan Felipe Giraldo Restrepo (Municipio de Ayala, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for breaking out at least one part to be broken out, called a "margin" (12_1, 12_2, 12_3), from a glass sheet (10) bearing at least one cutting line (10_1, 10_2, 10_3) separating said at least one margin from an internal zone (13) of said glass sheet. Said method...