CN1250467C - Glass plate cutting mechanism and edge cutter - Google Patents

Glass plate cutting mechanism and edge cutter Download PDF

Info

Publication number
CN1250467C
CN1250467C CNB021273626A CN02127362A CN1250467C CN 1250467 C CN1250467 C CN 1250467C CN B021273626 A CNB021273626 A CN B021273626A CN 02127362 A CN02127362 A CN 02127362A CN 1250467 C CN1250467 C CN 1250467C
Authority
CN
China
Prior art keywords
glass
sheet glass
sheet
cutting
foerderanlage
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
CNB021273626A
Other languages
Chinese (zh)
Other versions
CN1398803A (en
Inventor
辻田京史
横山隆章
青木禧明
大坪明弘
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Corning Japan KK
Kawasaki Motors Ltd
Original Assignee
Corning Japan KK
Kawasaki Jukogyo KK
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Corning Japan KK, Kawasaki Jukogyo KK filed Critical Corning Japan KK
Publication of CN1398803A publication Critical patent/CN1398803A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CN1250467C publication Critical patent/CN1250467C/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03BMANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B33/00Severing cooled glass
    • C03B33/02Cutting or splitting sheet glass or ribbons; Apparatus or machines therefor
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03BMANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B33/00Severing cooled glass
    • C03B33/02Cutting or splitting sheet glass or ribbons; Apparatus or machines therefor
    • C03B33/023Cutting or splitting sheet glass or ribbons; Apparatus or machines therefor the sheet or ribbon being in a horizontal position
    • C03B33/03Glass cutting tables; Apparatus for transporting or handling sheet glass during the cutting or breaking operations
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03BMANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B33/00Severing cooled glass
    • C03B33/02Cutting or splitting sheet glass or ribbons; Apparatus or machines therefor
    • C03B33/023Cutting or splitting sheet glass or ribbons; Apparatus or machines therefor the sheet or ribbon being in a horizontal position
    • C03B33/033Apparatus for opening score lines in glass sheets
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2249/00Aspects relating to conveying systems for the manufacture of fragile sheets
    • B65G2249/04Arrangements of vacuum systems or suction cups

Landscapes

  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Re-Forming, After-Treatment, Cutting And Transporting Of Glass Products (AREA)
  • Perforating, Stamping-Out Or Severing By Means Other Than Cutting (AREA)

Abstract

The aim of the invention is to provide a device for trimming sheet glass, capable of shaping the peripheral edge of a sheet glass, that is, carrying out trimming for removing the peripheral edges thereof, and capable of carrying and disposing removed edges. The device for trimming sheet glass is provided with a conveyer 2 for carrying a sheet glass G, a cutting mechanism comprising cutting members 3-6 arranged in the vicinity of the front and back ends and right and left ends of the conveyer 2, respectively, and supporting members 7-10, positioning devices 23-26 for the sheet glass arranged in the vicinity of the front and back ends and right and left ends of the conveyer 2, respectively. The cutting members, which has a pressing part for pressing the sheet glass and a first end surface intersecting the pressing part, is made ascendably/descendably drivable. The supporting member capable of ascendably/descendably driving is arranged parallel with the first end surface of the cutting part and has a second end surface which is horizontally set apart from the first end surface. The member is provided with a first sucking member facing the second end surface of the supporting member, and the pressing part forms a second sucking part.

Description

Glass sheet cutter structure and trimming device
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of glass sheet cutter structure and a kind of trimming device.Specifically, this sheet glass trimming device that the present invention relates to can apply bending force by the edge to glass and isolate narrow edge strip (ear) along preformed line of weakness from sheet glass.The invention still further relates to a kind of trimming device that is equipped with above-mentioned cutting mechanism.
Background technology
The sheet glass trimming device is known, for example, has described a kind of sheet glass trimming device in the open No.8 (1996)-253336 of Japanese unexamined patent.Above-mentioned trimming device is provided with pressure member up and down, and the sheet glass that these pressure members can be used on the line of weakness both sides is exerted pressure.In the example that sheet glass is cut edge shown in Figure 10 A, the bottom pressure member can apply the upwards pressure of effect from the side of the glass inside with respect to side cut line of weakness La and Lb, and the pressure that the upper pressure member can apply downward effect about the side of the outside glass G of line of weakness La and Lb (promptly, from so-called ear both sides), like this, bending force can line of weakness La and Lb both sides on form.Can fall downwards along line of weakness La and the isolating E of ear of Lb.Like this, the E of ear (Figure 10 B) after separating can form main vitreum B, and the main vitreum B of the predetermined size of determining with the position of line of weakness will be transported to the next position of handling.
In known trimming device, the isolated ear that cuts edge can fall into device, and can crushing in device.Specifically, because isolating ear can drop down onto under the glass sheets path, therefore, device just needs certain space and container to collect the fragment that falls.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is intended to address the above problem, and an a kind of glass sheet cutter structure and a side cut device are provided, and trimming device can be cut edge by peripheral part is separated, and isolated ear can be removed as cullet.
Glass sheet cutter structure of the present invention comprises;
Cutting element and supporting member, they are used for cutting by with mutual relative direction sheet glass being exerted pressure on the both sides of line of weakness, and the characteristics of this cutting mechanism are:
Cutting element have one with the pressure element of the ear of the linear way of contact contact glass plate of line of weakness equality, and pressure element is vertically exerted pressure to ground to ear;
Supporting member has: one has the glass support element at an edge, this glass support element supporting glass plate, so that line of weakness is parallel to the edge, and the ear of sheet glass extends from the edge; And the glass receiving trap, this glass receiving trap comprises one at edge and crossing vertical surface and the horizontal surface that intersects and extend with vertical surface of glass support element under ear; Cutting element and supporting member can vertically opposite along the vertical direction drivings; And cutting element has the glass adsorption unit, the described ear that this glass adsorption unit keeps and removes cutting-out and temporarily received by described glass receiving trap.
The glass adsorption unit comprises the first glass adsorption unit, and this first glass adsorption unit is formed on one first end face of the cutting element relative with the vertical surface of glass receiving trap.
Because in said structure, the glass fragment that cutting forms supports by the adsorption of the first glass adsorption unit, therefore, glass fragment can not fallen on the glass sheets path.For example, be covered with thin film if be positioned at the lower surface of the processed sheet glass on the supporting member, descending and apply a downward force to the upper surface of glass by cutting element forms fringeware that bending moment makes glass and separates to come to the operation of cutting edge of this sheet glass along in advance line of weakness, and then isolating glass workpiece will keep linking to each other with film by cutting.The suspended portion of above-mentioned glass separation member will be supported by the adsorption of the first sheet glass adsorption unit.Then, that is, after cutting element moves to a predetermined position, glass fragment is abandoned.
In the cutting element of device of the present invention, the first sheet glass adsorption unit is made into the form of a plurality of adsorption holes, and these adsorption holes can adsorb sheet glass under the effect of underbalance effect.Because glass fragment can freely link to each other with vacuum source and throw off, so glass fragment can separate with adsorption unit at an easy rate.A plurality of absorptive elements are set will be convenient to support the narrow and long glass bar of cutting edge and forming.
When sheet glass was transferred, for example when carrying by the band handling machinery, glass can remain in the level attitude by using above-mentioned glass support element.Isolating glass fragment also can be along the second end face setting by cutting because from the sheet glass that is covered with film, therefore, position that can the stabilized glass fragment, and fragment can be supported more securely, hang and be kept by the vacuum action of the first glass adsorption unit.Though second end face is vertical orientation normally, this end face also can tilt.
Suggestion is in cutting mechanism of the present invention, and cutting element or supporting member can shift near or oppositely leave mutually the ground to-and-fro movement along mutual relative direction at least, and like this, above-mentioned first adsorption unit can be near the glass fragment of separating from thin film suspending.More particularly, in the time of near cutting element under initial situation is positioned at supporting member, the interferential hidden danger that cutting element is subjected to isolating glass fragment is bigger.Therefore, in this case, two members are removed in suggestion, and then suggestion makes first absorptive element towards glass fragment after cutting, and the situation of fragment maintenance can improve like this.
Pressure element is the form of horizontal surface, and wherein the glass adsorption unit comprises that the second glass adsorption unit that is formed on the pressure element is with the described horizontal surface in the face of described glass receiving trap.
This second adsorption unit may be necessary for the cutting of the glass that is not covered with film.If glass is overlay film not, then fragment will directly fall into the glass receiving trap.In addition, second adsorption unit in the pressure element of cutting element is arranged on the side relative with the glass receiving trap helps coming the supporting glass fragment by adsorption.
Above-mentioned second adsorption unit that is formed in the cutting mechanism can keep sheet glass by adsorption under underbalance effect, this second adsorption unit can be made a plurality of elongated absorption openings, and these absorption openings can be arranged in the surface of pressure member towards a side of glass receiving element.When these absorption openings longitudinally were provided with, they can prevent from the location mistake is taking place in the process of the glass application of force.Do not consider the form of the absorption opening that adsorbs the form of making single elongated absorption opening or make a plurality of vertical settings, the adsorption that under underbalance effect, forms even will keep an extremely long narrow again glass bar reliably.
When the cutting element of cutting mechanism of the present invention can be along vertical to-and-fro movement of first end face, promptly along the time with the surperficial parallel direction to-and-fro movement of slender glass fragment, glass fragment can be transported to reliably and abandon the position, and the other parts generation of mechanism is not disturbed.
In addition, in order to improve the reliability with the supporting member supporting glass plate, preferably, can keep adsorption unit for cutting mechanism of the present invention is provided with the 3rd glass, this adsorption unit can be formed in the above-mentioned supporting member.
A kind of sheet glass trimming device of the present invention, this device comprises:
One e Foerderanlage, this e Foerderanlage are used for carrying described sheet glass with horizontal direction;
Above-mentioned one type glass sheet cutter structure, described glass sheet cutter structure is positioned near the front-end and back-end of e Foerderanlage;
One anterior border proofing unit, this proofing unit is positioned near the front end of above-mentioned e Foerderanlage, is used to detect the anterior border of described sheet glass; And
One posterior border proofing unit, this proofing unit is positioned near the rear end of above-mentioned e Foerderanlage, is used to detect the posterior border of described sheet glass.
Use the said mechanism can be so that to processings of cutting edge of the edge, front and back of sheet glass, and be convenient to smoothly and can bad land do not abandon the glass fragment of cutting formation.If also need the left and right sides of sheet glass is cut edge, can keep sheet glass and make it to turn over an angle of 90 degrees by adsorption by rotating adsorption unit, or sheet glass linked to each other with a turntable on being positioned at above-mentioned e Foerderanlage and make turntable turn over an angle of 90 degrees, thereby the side cut that left and right edges is carried out next step is handled.
According to another embodiment, sheet glass trimming device of the present invention comprises:
An e Foerderanlage of carrying described sheet glass with horizontal direction;
Above-mentioned one type glass sheet cutter structure, these mechanisms are positioned near the two ends of e Foerderanlage;
Be used to make described sheet glass to be positioned at the device of e Foerderanlage both sides with width;
Above-mentionedly be used to make the described sheet glass can be along being exerted pressure in described sheet glass two edges with the vertical direction of throughput direction with the localized described device of width.
Use said mechanism can help, and help smoothly and not can abandoning the glass fragment that forms owing to cutting by bad land processings of cutting edge of the two ends, the left and right sides of sheet glass.If also need the front and back side of sheet glass is cut edge, can keep sheet glass and make it to turn over an angle of 90 degrees by adsorption by rotating adsorption unit, or sheet glass linked to each other with a turntable on being positioned at above-mentioned e Foerderanlage and make turntable turn over an angle of 90 degrees, thereby the side cut that left and right edges is carried out next step is handled.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, sheet glass trimming device of the present invention comprises:
An e Foerderanlage of carrying sheet glass with horizontal direction;
The glass sheet cutter structure of the above-mentioned type, these mechanisms are positioned near the both sides and front and back end of e Foerderanlage;
Be used to make described sheet glass to be positioned at the device of e Foerderanlage both sides with width;
A device that is used to detect the sheet glass anterior border, this device are arranged near the front end of e Foerderanlage; And
One is used to detect the antemarginal device of sheet glass, and this is arranged near the rear end of e Foerderanlage;
Be used to make the described sheet glass can be along exerting pressure towards the two edges of sheet glass with the vertical direction of throughput direction with the localized said apparatus of width.
Said structure need not to use the mechanisms that sheet glass can be rotated 90 degree, promptly can be to the operation of cutting edge of the whole periphery of sheet glass.
Brief description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the 3-D view of sheet glass trimming device according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the side-view of Fig. 1 device.
Fig. 3 is the vertical view of Fig. 2 device.
Fig. 4 is the right view of Fig. 2 device.
Fig. 5 is the side-view of the major portion of Fig. 2 bead cutter.
Fig. 6 A is the part sectioned view of the major portion of Fig. 2 bead cutter, wherein shows anterior cut mechanism; Fig. 6 B is VI-VI along the line intercepting and along the observed sectional view of the direction of arrow.
Fig. 7 A is the side-view that the operation of rear portion among Fig. 6 and anterior cut mechanism is shown to Fig. 7 F.
Fig. 8 is the side-view of major portion of the device of Fig. 2, wherein shows the film removal mechanism.Fig. 8 A shows film and removes situation before, and Fig. 8 B shows the situation in the film removal process.
Fig. 9 is the side partial cross-sectional of major portion of the trimming device of Fig. 2, and this view shows the another kind of method of using anterior cut mechanism.
Figure 10 A is the vertical view of side cut object that has the sheet glass form of line of weakness.Figure 10 B is the vertical view of this sheet glass after cutting edge.
Embodiment
The example of a glass sheet cutter structure of the present invention and a side cut device is described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is the 3-D view according to sheet glass trimming device of the present invention.Fig. 2 is the side-view of Fig. 1 device, and Fig. 3 is the vertical view of Fig. 2 device.Fig. 4 is the right view of Fig. 2 device.Below describe and carry out to Fig. 4 with reference to Fig. 1.
The glass sheets mechanism of use in trimming device 1 of the present invention comprises the band handling machinery 2 of level.The sheet glass G that is placed on the band handling machinery 2 carries in the direction of arrow A.To be referred to as forward direction by the direction shown in this arrow, and the direction opposite with this arrow be referred to as the back to.With carry in the horizontal plane (the vertical direction of forward and backward direction will be referred to as laterally width or about to.Be provided with cutting and supporting member on the front and back of handling machinery 2 and left and right sides respectively, these members are used for edge by slave plate and cut with separating ear sheet glass is cut edge.These cuttings and supporting member have formed a glass sheet cutter structure.These mechanisms are respectively: an anterior cut mechanism that is formed by an anterior cut member 3 and an anterior supporting member 7; A rear portion cutting mechanism that forms by a rear portion cutting element 4 and a rear support member 8; Cut the left cut cutting mill structure that member 5 and a left supporting member 9 form by a left cut; And, cut the right cut cutting mill structure that member 6 and a right supporting member 10 form by a right cut.
Above-mentioned supporting device 7,8,9,10 can promote by a cylinder 11, and above-mentioned cutting mechanism 3,4,5 and 6 can promote by the servo cylinder 12 of an electric driving.The speed of the stroke of servo cylinder 12 and closed position can use a micro-adjusting mechanism to regulate.Sheet glass G has the line of weakness that forms in advance in its surface, to be used for glass being disconnected along these lines by apply power to sheet glass, along mutual opposing vertical directive effect, and supporting and cutting element can push sheet glass in the both sides of line of weakness to the power on the sheet glass of wherein being applied to by supporting and cutting element.More particularly, supporting member is from following supporting glass plate G, and cutting element then is pressed on the sheet glass G along the direction under edge (E of the ear) side direction of line of weakness,, forms the bending force of downward direction here.
To shown in Figure 4, the so-called rod-free cylinder 13 that anterior cut member 3 and rear portion cutting element 4 can be by being used for mechanical connection is along left-hand and the to-and-fro movement of dextrad direction as Fig. 2.As will be described, this to-and-fro movement is necessary for carrying and abandon the isolating sheet glass E of ear towards the side of device 1.Although rod-free cylinder 13 is positioned on the transport path of glass G in the illustrated embodiment, and can extend left, if desired, they also can extend to the right.
Left and right sides cutting element 5 and 6 and left and right sides supporting member 9 and 10 be configured to, can make about sheet glass G along with align member 25 and 26 and locate by the following left hand and the right hand, these members can move along left-hand and dextrad with respect to the left and right sides line of weakness of sheet glass G.
As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4, left cut is cut member 5 and right cut and is cut feed mechanism that member 6 can the screw in earthing along and direction to-and-fro movement to the right left, and screw feed mechanism wherein can be made of a screw shaft 14 and a nut (not shown).As hereinafter will describing, these to-and-fro movements are necessary for the size of the sheet glass of determining indentation, specifically, are necessary for the position of line of weakness La (Figure 10 A).Screw shaft 14 can be divided into left and right sides two portions by a coupling device 15, two portions of these coupling device 15 connecting screw rods.The left half 14a of screw rod has left hand thread, and the right half 14b of screw rod has right-hand thread.Screw shaft 14 can turn rotation by chain 16a by an electric motor 16, such two cutting elements 5 and 6 can be synchronously along relative mutually direction mutually near or be separated from each other along mutually opposite direction.
As can see from Figure 4, the feed mechanism that left supporting member 9 and right supporting member 10 can be by screws along about to to-and-fro movement, screw feeding member wherein can be made of a screw shaft 17 and a nut (not shown).As hereinafter describing, these to-and-fro movements are for making above-mentioned member along with above-mentioned left and right sides cutting element 5 and about 6 is necessary to motion with the equidirectional displacement.Screw shaft 17 is divided into left and right sides two portions by a coupling device 18, two portions of coupling device 18 connecting screw rod axles wherein.The left half 17a of screw rod has left hand thread, and the right half 17b of screw rod has right-hand thread.Screw shaft 17 turns rotation by an electric motor 19, such two supporting members 9 and 10 can be synchronously along relative mutually direction mutually near or be separated from each other along mutually opposite direction.
In Fig. 4, label 20 is represented tail rods at Fig. 2, and this tail rod play the guiding role to them in front, rear, left and right cutting element 3,4,5,6 moves up and down process.Similarly, label 21 expression is used for the tail rod that play the guiding role in front, rear, left and right supporting member 7,8,9,10 processes of moving up and down, and label 22 expressions are used for reaching the tail rod that the process of moving right play the guiding role left at left and right cutting element 5,6.The tail rod of right left supporting member 9 and 10 of being used to lead does not illustrate in the drawings.Yet, can suppose that they also exist.
Trimming device 1 is equipped with a prelocalization device 23 and a post-positioning device 24, these locating devices are used for making sheet glass G to locate in sagittal motion, this trimming device 1 also is equipped with a left locating device 25 and a right locating device 26, they be used for making sheet glass G about to motion in locate.Above-mentioned locating device 23,24,25 and 26 can be with sheet glass G displacement in a position, and in this position, the line of cut of glass is between corresponding cutting and supporting member.
Fig. 5 shows the structure of prelocalization device 23.Because post-positioning device 24 is identical, so locate only the prelocalization device to be described.Prelocalization device 23 is provided with optical pickocff 29, and these transmitters 29 can link to each other along the supporting member 28 that fore-and-aft direction moves horizontally with one.These optical pickocffs can be oriented to, and sheet glass G is stopped in some predetermined positions.Optical pickocff 29 can be by the light illumination of Optical Fiber Transmission, and they can record from the light of the sheet glass G reflection that is transferred.The present invention is not limited in the use optical pickocff, also can use the transmitter of other any kind to realize this purpose.To shown in Figure 4, left and right sides locating device 25 and 26 is provided with cylinder 30 as Fig. 1, and this cylinder 30 is used to make the off centering of the left and right edges of sheet glass G towards trimming device.Suggestion can be installed on the left and right sides by the locating device that several are such.One pressure pad 30 links to each other with the end of the bar of each cylinder 30.The starting position of cylinder 30 can be regulated by the keeper 30b that keeps cylinder 30, and this position can be offset to the left or to the right.Regulating mechanism can realize that wherein the rotation of pinion(gear) can be controlled by a scale card 30c with the form of rack-and-pinion (not shown).Some floatation pads (not shown) can be installed between the handling machinery belt 2, to be used for making sheet glass G remain on a levitated state.In the operating process of above-mentioned locating device, be used for making sheet glass can make sheet glass remain on the above-mentioned floatation pad of a levitated state by use with the dextrad location left with making of left and right sides locating device 25 and 26 and realize.The floating situation of sheet glass will help it and reach displacement to the right left, and can prevent that glass pane surface is destroyed.If desired, left and right sides locating device 25 and 26 operation can be carried out synchronously with the operation of above-mentioned left and right sides cutting element 5,6 and left and right sides supporting member 9,10.Below explanation is about cutting and supporting member.Corresponding cutting element 3,4,5 and 6 lower end are positioned on the transport path of sheet glass G, and they can be by the horizontal plane conversion of servo cylinder 12 towards above-mentioned transport path below.The E of ear that above-mentioned motion down is attended by to sheet glass G exerts pressure.On the other hand, supporting member 7,8,9 and 10 is positioned under the transport path of sheet glass G, and they can be by cylinder 11 upwards towards above-mentioned transport path skew, from following sheet glass G is supported.
Cutting element 3 and preceding supporting member 7 structures before Fig. 6 and Fig. 8 show.Because back cutting element 4 and back supporting member 8, left cut are cut member 5 and left supporting member 9 and right cut and are cut the structure that member 6 and right supporting member 10 have the structure with preceding cutting element 3 and preceding supporting member 7 is identical respectively, thus below will only be elaborated to latter's member 3 and 7.As shown in Figure 6A, supporting member 7 has an elongated side cut and receives bar 32, and this bar 31 extends along the edge of sheet glass G.The reception bar 31 of cutting edge has one the 3rd adsorption element 31, and this member is used to adsorb the surface of sheet glass.Above-mentioned the 3rd adsorption element 32 links to each other with adsorption unit by a pipe 32a, adsorption unit for example can be an escaper (ejector) (not shown), and this adsorption element 32 can placed under the situation of negative pressure or discharge under the situation of negative pressure at an easy rate.The cross section that the reception bar 31 of cutting edge has is L shaped substantially.The upper horizontal surface of bar 31 has formed glass support part 31c, and the adsorption surface of this supporting part and the 3rd adsorption element 32 is coplanar.In the cutting process of the E of ear of sheet glass G, the 3rd adsorption element 32 can fix sheet glass G and supporting member 7.Above-mentioned cutting element 3 can drop in the angular space that the orthogonal foot by the L shaped profile that cut edge to receive bar 31 forms.The decline of cutting element 3 can disconnect sheet glass G along line of weakness, and separated portions is advanced downwards.The surface of above-mentioned angular spatial that forms L shaped side cut reception bar is inner vertical surface 31a.When sheet glass G is covered with thin film, isolating a part of glass will hang on the film and with surperficial 31a and contact by cutting.In view of said circumstances, surperficial 31a can be covered with the dash plate of being made by rubber or soft synthetic plastics.
Another surface of above-mentioned angular spatial that forms L shaped side cut reception bar has formed a glass pane surface 31b.Supporting part 31c and the line that inner vertical surface 31a intersects have formed the cut edge of supporting member 7,8,9,10.Along line of weakness sheet glass G is being formed in the process of cutting, these cut edges can be used as the fulcrum of the bending moment that forms.
Cutting element 3 is parallel with above-mentioned side cut reception bar 31, and has the cutter bar 33 that the energy along continuous straight runs carries out slight motion.Cutter bar 33 is positioned at the outside with respect to the reception bar 31 of cutting edge.Cutter bar 33 can have the square-section, and can be close with supporting member 7 by a cylinder 24 skews.In addition, on a side of cutter bar 33, supporting member 7 has a vertical surface 33a, and this surface is parallel with the inner vertical surface 31a of the reception bar 31 of cutting edge.Vertical surface 33a has formed corresponding first end face surface.This first end face surface 33a can support a plurality of first absorptive elements 25, and these absorptive elements are to be provided with along the longitudinal direction of cutter bar 33, and towards the second end face surface 31a.First absorptive element 35 comprises several bell-shaped element, and these bell-shaped element are that made by flexible material and outstanding from the first end face surface 33a.Be formed with an adsorption hole 35a at the center of each bell-shaped element.This adsorption hole 35a can link to each other with adsorption unit by a pipe 35b, and adsorption unit can be an escaper (not shown).Adsorption hole can freely link to each other with adsorption unit or throw off.
In the illustrated embodiment, device is configured to, and cutter bar 33 can move towards supporting member 7.Yet the present invention is not limited in this a kind of structure, and if desired, supporting member 7 also can move with respect to cutter bar 33.
In addition, in the above-described embodiments, the first end face 33a and the second end face 31a are vertical substantially.This feature is not restrictive for the purpose of the present invention, and above-mentioned end face also can tilt forward or backward.
The lower surface of cutter bar 33 also is a level, and it has a pressure portion 36, and this pressure portion is used for the E of ear of sheet glass G is exerted pressure.Pressure portion 36 has a plurality of second absorptive elements 37, and these absorptive elements 37 are along cutter bar 33 settings and towards above-mentioned glass receiving surface 31b.Second absorptive element has an oval-shaped adsorption hole, and adsorption hole links to each other with an adsorption unit by pipe 37a, and this adsorption unit can be an escaper (not shown).Adsorption hole can freely link to each other with adsorption unit or throw off.Because second absorptive element 37 is formed in the pressure portion 36, and does not extend the surface of pressure portion, therefore, in the process of pressure portion and glass contact, second absorptive element 37 can not disturb sheet glass G.
Shown in Fig. 6 B, the oval-shaped major axis that oval-shaped second absorptive element 37 has is along the portrait orientation of cutter bar 33, and these absorptive elements 37 are provided with in interlaced mode.Yet if desired, they also can be arranged in a row.The rectilinearity arrangement mode of absorptive element is preferable, for example, can adsorb and connect the narrow and long E of ear reliably.
Above-mentioned trimming device 1 can followingly be operated:
After overlay film sheet glass G is placed on the handling machinery that is used to carry 2 of device 1, sheet glass G will by floatation pad with a kind of buoyant state support on handling machinery, not shown floatation pad, but they can be positioned in the space between the conveying belt 2.Meanwhile, sheet glass G is displaced in the preposition to the left or to the right by left and right sides locating device 25 and 26.When the left and right edges of sheet glass G reached above-mentioned position, positioning action was finished.After floatation pad descended, handling machinery 2 was reverse, and sheet glass G returns.Then, post-positioning device 24 starts, and after the posterior border that detects sheet glass G, handling machinery 2 stops.At this moment, the line of weakness Lb of sheet glass G (Figure 10 A) be arranged in parallel and falls between with first end face 33a of back cutting element 4 and the second end face 31a of back supporting member 8.Like this, post-positioning device 24 just is set at desired location and has suffered.Above-mentioned action makes the posterior border location.
Then, shown in Fig. 7 A, back supporting member 8 is owing to the effect of cylinder 11 (Fig. 2) is risen, and the line of weakness Lb on sheet glass G edge (Figure 10 A) is from being supported and adsorption by the 3rd adsorption unit 32 (Fig. 6) is fixed on the lower surface of sheet glass G down and from the relative side of sheet glass 2a.
Shown in Fig. 7 B, in above-mentioned action, back cutting element 4 descends by servo cylinder 12 (Fig. 3 and Fig. 4), and like this, its pressure element 36 can apply a downward power to the E of ear of sheet glass G.By this, sheet glass G is cut along line of weakness, and the E of ear that separates like this is being owing to film F is hanging, and contacts with the second end face 31a that receives bar 31 that cuts edge.
Fig. 7 C shows the back cutting element 4 that is in the lower position, and in this position, its first absorptive element 35 contacts with the E of ear.The stroke of servo cylinder 12 has been set in this action.
Shown in Fig. 7 D, the cutter bar 33 of back cutting element 4 can move the second end face 31a near the reception bar 31 of cutting edge under the effect of cylinder 34 (Fig. 6).First adsorption unit 35 is activated and links to each other with the E of ear.
Fig. 7 E shows a kind of situation of the cutter bar 33 of back cutting element 4, and in this case, when 35 maintenances of first adsorption unit linked to each other with the E of ear, first adsorption unit 35 can leave to cut edge and receive bar 31 by cylinder 34.Like this, mechanism can preset to such certain situation, and in these situations, corresponding parts can rise, but can not disturb other assembly.
Fig. 7 F shows such a case, and in this case, when back cutting element 4 still linked to each other with the E of ear by adsorption, back cutting element 4 turned back to its upper position under the effect of servo cylinder 12.Film on the E of ear is peeled off, like this, only had the former (that is, E of ear or glass fragment) to keep linking to each other with first absorptive element 35.
At last, rod-free cylinder 13 is activated (Fig. 2 is to Fig. 4), and as shown in Figure 4, moves (move to left side) on the back cutting element 4.On outside the transport path of sheet glass G a bit, the operation of first absorptive element 35 is ended, and the E of ear is discarded in the glass fragment collection container (not shown), and this collection container can be positioned at the below.
After the posterior border side cut of above-mentioned sheet glass is finished, can cut edge to the anterior border of sheet glass.For this purpose, handling machinery 2 is activated, and sheet glass moves forward, and when the anterior border of sheet glass G was detected, the prelocalization device stopped.Under situation about stopping, the preceding line of weakness Lb (Figure 10 A) of sheet glass G is between the second end face 31a of the first end face 33a of preceding cutting element 3 and first supporting member 7.Aforesaid operations is provided with prelocalization device 23.
By this, along with the aforesaid operations of preceding cutting element 3 and preceding supporting member 7 (Fig. 7 A is to Fig. 7 F), the side cut of anterior border is finished, and preceding cutting element 3 is fallen in the glass fragment collection container E of front glass ear, and this container is positioned at outside the glass sheets path.
Left and right edges is cut edge simultaneously.Specifically, left and right sides cutting element 5 and 6 and left and right sides supporting member 9 and 10 locate with respect to the line of weakness L on the sheet glass G by corresponding screw rod 14 and 17.More particularly, the cutting element 5 outside being positioned at line of weakness L (on the side of the E of ear) and 6 the first end face 33a and between the second end face 31a of the supporting member on glass 9 of line of weakness inboard and 10, push sheet glass.For make above-mentioned left and right sides cutting element 5 and 6 and left and right sides supporting member 9 and 10 location carry out move and can carry out above-mentioned localizedly carry out simultaneously along left and right directions at sheet glass G.
Next procedure is to carry out left and side cut to the right, this can left and right sides cutting element 5 and 6 and left and right sides supporting member 9 and 10 carry out when carrying out aforesaid operations.In this step, left and right sides cutting element 5,6 is removed along with the E of glass ear returns together, and wherein the E of glass ear keeps connecting by absorption, thereby moves on in the transport path position outward of sheet glass G, then, the E of ear is discarded in the glass fragment collection container.
Along with finishing of cutting edge in the whole outside of sheet glass G, handling machinery 2 moves forward sheet glass G.
As shown in Figure 8, trimming device 1 of the present invention is provided with a film removal device 38, and this device is positioned near the front end of handling machinery 2, is intended to be used for remove the film that covers on the film glass plate G after the operation of cutting edge is finished.When the E of ear after the anterior border of sheet glass is removed, above-mentioned film removal device 38 can catch stay with the corresponding zone of the E of ear on film, like this, in the further course of conveying of sheet glass G, whole film can be peeled off from vitreum B.
As illustrating in greater detail the structure of film removal device 38 among Fig. 8.This device can carry out wobbling action in the space between the adjacent handling machinery 2.It has the pressure cylinder 40 on a grip device 39 that is used for the grasping film and the front end that is positioned at handling machinery 2.Grip device 39 is by a swing arm 41 and the film chuck 42 that links to each other with the end of swing arm 41.Usually, swing arm 41 remains in the position that the front end with handling machinery 2 tilts, and like this, is installed in that a pair of grasping pawl 42a on the film chuck 42 can open and towards the front end of handling machinery (Fig. 8 A).
After the front glass ear was cut and throws off with sheet glass G, the side cut of preceding supporting member received bar 31 and descends, and swing arm 41 is carried out a kind of film chuck 42 risings of swing and make.Like this, grasping pawl 42a can grip the part F with the film of the position corresponding of the E of ear that hangs out from the anterior border of sheet glass G.Shown in Fig. 8 B, grasping film swing arm 41 can reach swing backward downwards, and carries pulling film synchronously with sheet glass G.Yet the bar 40a of above-mentioned pressure cylinder 40 extends, and film portion F is extruded between roller 40b on the end at piston rod and handling machinery pulley 2a.In this case, carrying unceasingly of glass G will peel whole film from the surface of sheet glass G.
Fig. 9 shows the another kind of method of using cutting mechanism of the present invention.Specifically, the figure shows the side cut situation of the sheet glass G that is not covered with film.When the E of ear was descended in the last cutting of the sheet glass G that must never be covered with film, the E of ear that cuts open will not link to each other with film, and the E of ear will fall thus.According to above-mentioned aspect, the glass receiving unit 31b that the side cut in corresponding supporting member 7,8,9 and 10 receives bar 31 is provided with rest pad 43.The surface of these rest pads 43 is covered with dash plate 44, and these dash plates can be made by rubber or soft synthetic resins.When cutting element 3 descends, pressure element 36 will promote the E of ear of sheet glass G downwards.Like this, the sheet glass G of no film is cut along line of weakness, and the isolating E of ear is placed on the dash plate 44 of rest pad 43 with horizontality.Then, cutter bar 33 descends, and stop at one with the approaching position of the E of ear in.This action is provided with the stroke of servo cylinder 12.Then, as shown in the figure, second adsorption unit is activated and links to each other with the E of ear.
Then, the cutter bar 33 of cutting element 4 by servo cylinder 12 along with the E of ear that links to each other rises to an original position together.Identical with above-mentioned action, rod-free cylinder 13 (Fig. 2 is to Fig. 4) is activated, and thus, cutting element 3 is pushed into sheet glass G in the outer position of sheet glass G transport path, and the E of ear is discarded in the glass fragment collection container.
Cutting mechanism and left and right sides cutting mechanism before and after above-mentioned trimming device 1 is provided with.Yet the present invention is not limited in this configuration, for example, and cutting mechanism before and after this device can only have, or only have left and right sides cutting element.In these examples, a rotating adsorption unit that can change the sheet glass position by the rotation of its 90 degree can be installed on the upside of trimming device.Perhaps, a turntable can be installed on handling machinery, like this, when make the cutting unit of pair of opposing cut edge to sheet glass on both sides relatively after, the other a pair of opposite side of sheet glass can be cut edge by plate being rotated 90 degree.
The present invention can handle the whole periphery of sheet glass, that is, can remove flat plate margin by cutting edge, and can abandon the glass ear of these removals.In device of the present invention, the glass ear of removal can not fall on the transport path of sheet glass, and can be not broken.

Claims (11)

1. glass sheet cutter structure, this mechanism comprises a cutting member and a supporting member, and wherein cutting is to be undertaken by with relative mutually direction sheet glass being exerted pressure on the both sides of line of weakness, and this cutting mechanism is characterized in that:
Described cutting element has a pressure element, and described pressure element is with the ear of the linear way of contact contact glass plate parallel with described line of weakness, and described pressure element is exerted pressure vertically downward to described ear;
Described supporting member has:
One has the glass support element at an edge, described glass support element supporting glass plate, so that described line of weakness is parallel to described edge, and the described ear of sheet glass extends from described edge; And
Glass receiving trap, described glass receiving trap comprise one at described edge and crossing vertical surface and the horizontal surface that intersects and extend with described vertical surface of described glass support element under described ear;
Described cutting element and described supporting member can vertically opposite along the vertical direction drivings; And
Described cutting element has the glass adsorption unit, and described glass adsorption unit keeps and removes and downcut and the temporary transient described ear that is received by described glass receiving trap.
2. glass sheet cutter structure as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described glass adsorption unit comprises the first glass adsorption unit, and the described first glass adsorption unit is formed on one first end face of the described cutting element relative with the described vertical surface of described glass receiving trap.
3. glass sheet cutter structure as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, the described first glass adsorption unit comprises a plurality of adsorption holes, and these adsorption holes are being adsorbed in the described ear under the effect of underbalance effect.
4. glass sheet cutter structure as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, one of them can shift near described at least cutting element or described supporting member mutually or remove with mutually opposite direction with mutual relative direction.
5. glass sheet cutter structure as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described pressure element is the form of horizontal surface, and wherein said glass adsorption unit comprises that the second glass adsorption unit that is formed on the pressure element is with the described horizontal surface in the face of described glass receiving trap.
6. glass sheet cutter structure as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that, described second adsorption unit is the form of the elongated adsorption hole of a plurality of vertical settings, described adsorption hole is formed on the described pressure element in the surface of described glass receiving trap, and wherein, described adsorption hole can be adsorbed on the described sheet glass under the effect of underbalance effect.
7. glass sheet cutter structure as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described cutting element can be along its longitudinal direction to-and-fro movement.
8. glass sheet cutter structure as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the 3rd glass absorptive element that is used to adsorb described sheet glass is formed on described supporting member.
9. sheet glass trimming device, this device comprises:
One e Foerderanlage, this e Foerderanlage are used for along continuous straight runs and carry described sheet glass;
One glass sheet cutter structure, described glass sheet cutter structure are any in the aforesaid right requirement 1 to 8, cutting mechanism be positioned at described e Foerderanlage the front and back end each near;
One anterior border proofing unit, described proofing unit is positioned near the front end of described e Foerderanlage, is used to detect the anterior border of described sheet glass; And
One posterior border proofing unit, described proofing unit is positioned near the rear end of described e Foerderanlage, is used to detect the posterior border of described sheet glass.
10. sheet glass trimming device as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, this trimming device also comprises:
Glass sheet cutter structure, described sheet glass cutting unit are any in the aforesaid right requirement 1 to 8, and described sheet glass cutting unit is positioned near each end of described e Foerderanlage; And
Be used to make described sheet glass to sentence the localized device of width in each side of described e Foerderanlage;
Wherein, be used to make the described sheet glass can be along being exerted pressure in described sheet glass two edges with the vertical direction of throughput direction with the localized described device of width.
11. a sheet glass trimming device, this device comprises:
An e Foerderanlage of carrying described sheet glass with horizontal direction;
One glass sheet cutter structure, described glass sheet cutter structure are any in the aforesaid right requirement 1 to 8, and described cutting mechanism is positioned near each end of described e Foerderanlage; And
One is used to make described sheet glass to sentence the width locating device in each side of described e Foerderanlage;
Wherein, be used to make the described sheet glass can be along being exerted pressure in described sheet glass two edges with the vertical direction of throughput direction with the localized described device of width.
CNB021273626A 2001-07-23 2002-07-23 Glass plate cutting mechanism and edge cutter Expired - Fee Related CN1250467C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2001221047 2001-07-23
JP2001221047A JP4566472B2 (en) 2001-07-23 2001-07-23 Sheet glass cleaving mechanism and trimming device

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
CN1398803A CN1398803A (en) 2003-02-26
CN1250467C true CN1250467C (en) 2006-04-12

Family

ID=19054777

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CNB021273626A Expired - Fee Related CN1250467C (en) 2001-07-23 2002-07-23 Glass plate cutting mechanism and edge cutter

Country Status (5)

Country Link
JP (1) JP4566472B2 (en)
KR (1) KR100727202B1 (en)
CN (1) CN1250467C (en)
SG (1) SG95699A1 (en)
TW (1) TW587063B (en)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN101626875B (en) * 2006-09-28 2012-07-25 康宁日本株式会社 Apparatus and method for edge processing of a sheet of brittle material
US10494289B2 (en) 2015-01-29 2019-12-03 Corning Incorporated Methods and apparatus for fabricating respective sections from a glass web

Families Citing this family (20)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP4602359B2 (en) * 2003-08-29 2010-12-22 株式会社日立プラントテクノロジー Liquid crystal substrate transfer device
US7238309B2 (en) * 2003-10-21 2007-07-03 Corning Incorporated Extruded ceramic log transfer system
JP4731815B2 (en) * 2004-01-23 2011-07-27 株式会社日立プラントテクノロジー Board storage device
JP4671610B2 (en) * 2004-02-17 2011-04-20 カワサキプラントシステムズ株式会社 Sheet glass cleaving system
JP5107514B2 (en) * 2005-09-15 2012-12-26 株式会社シライテック Sorting substrate sorting and picking device
KR100890764B1 (en) 2008-01-25 2009-03-26 삼성코닝정밀유리 주식회사 Apparatus for breaking glass panel unified with process table
KR101160166B1 (en) * 2008-11-05 2012-06-28 세메스 주식회사 Trasferring unit for scribing apparatus, cutting apparatus having the same and method of cutting substrate using the same
JP5550107B2 (en) * 2010-03-15 2014-07-16 株式会社シライテック LCD panel UV-curing substrate edge cutting device
JP5731786B2 (en) * 2010-10-08 2015-06-10 川崎重工業株式会社 Sheet glass cutting and cutting device
CN103353681B (en) * 2013-06-20 2016-07-20 深圳市华星光电技术有限公司 The cutter sweep of a kind of liquid crystal panel and cutting method
CN104310059B (en) * 2014-08-27 2017-07-25 深圳市华星光电技术有限公司 Glass substrate to expose side processing procedure and system
CN105291477A (en) * 2015-10-13 2016-02-03 芜湖美威包装品有限公司 Rotatable carton cutting device
JP6562305B2 (en) * 2015-12-03 2019-08-21 日本電気硝子株式会社 Sheet glass manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus
CN108839268B (en) * 2018-06-11 2020-07-10 新沂市晶彩玻璃有限公司 Edge cutting and polishing device for production of toughened glass
CN108656168B (en) * 2018-07-01 2023-12-22 苏州鑫鼎力智能装备有限公司 Transverse cutting film trimming mechanism
CN113754268B (en) * 2021-09-29 2023-03-10 山东新榴园玻璃科技股份有限公司 Low-radiation laminated glass production cutting device
CN114477750A (en) * 2022-02-25 2022-05-13 河北光兴半导体技术有限公司 Glass plate edge cleaning equipment
CN115494100B (en) * 2022-11-17 2023-03-14 济南弗莱德科技有限公司 Online oil analyzer
CN116655229B (en) * 2023-08-01 2023-09-26 盐城昊玻钢化玻璃制品有限公司 Glass ribbon production equipment and glass production line
CN117300795B (en) * 2023-11-29 2024-02-06 龙焱能源科技(杭州)有限公司 Glass positioning structure and glass edging device

Family Cites Families (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1536137A (en) * 1975-03-06 1978-12-20 Pilkington Brothers Ltd Methods and apparatus for separating glass sheets into separate sheet portions
AT399865B (en) * 1990-05-15 1995-08-25 Lisec Peter METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BREAKING GLASS PANES
DE4123929C2 (en) * 1991-07-19 1995-04-06 Schott Glaswerke Method and device for cutting flat glass sheets
JPH0674153B2 (en) * 1991-11-07 1994-09-21 旭硝子株式会社 Method and apparatus for cutting glass plate
JP3495967B2 (en) * 1992-02-27 2004-02-09 三星ダイヤモンド工業株式会社 Glass scriber
JPH0639054A (en) * 1992-07-21 1994-02-15 Komatsu Ltd Processing method for glass piece
US5303861A (en) * 1992-09-01 1994-04-19 Corning Incorporated Separating sheet glass
JPH07237929A (en) * 1994-02-28 1995-09-12 Central Glass Co Ltd Bending and breaking of thin plate glass and apparatus therefor
JP2904089B2 (en) * 1995-01-30 1999-06-14 双葉電子工業株式会社 Substrate cutting device
JPH08253336A (en) * 1995-03-15 1996-10-01 Central Glass Co Ltd Method for breaking off sheet glass and apparatus therefor
JP3834099B2 (en) * 1996-04-05 2006-10-18 中村留精密工業株式会社 LCD glass plate cutting device
JPH11268924A (en) * 1998-03-23 1999-10-05 Honda Motor Co Ltd Cutter for front windshield of vehicle
JP2000191332A (en) * 1998-12-25 2000-07-11 Asahi Glass Co Ltd Cutting of sheet glass and apparatus therefor

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN101626875B (en) * 2006-09-28 2012-07-25 康宁日本株式会社 Apparatus and method for edge processing of a sheet of brittle material
US10494289B2 (en) 2015-01-29 2019-12-03 Corning Incorporated Methods and apparatus for fabricating respective sections from a glass web

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
SG95699A1 (en) 2003-04-23
JP4566472B2 (en) 2010-10-20
CN1398803A (en) 2003-02-26
TW587063B (en) 2004-05-11
KR20030010503A (en) 2003-02-05
JP2003034544A (en) 2003-02-07
KR100727202B1 (en) 2007-06-13

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
CN1250467C (en) Glass plate cutting mechanism and edge cutter
CN110815376B (en) PCB copper foil rim charge cuts and divides board all-in-one equipment and PCB technology line
CN1577727A (en) Method and apparatus for picking up work piece and mounting machine
CN109264359B (en) Touch screen feeding equipment
CN1339010A (en) Method and device for transportation
CN1403352A (en) Goods conveyer
CN112091442B (en) Semiconductor chip processing is with cutting equipment
CN2710827Y (en) Machine tool
CN215118862U (en) Battery piece rotating, breaking and separating device
CN1575894A (en) Machining centre
CN1590044A (en) Sheet cutter
CN211541484U (en) PCB copper foil rim charge cuts and divides integrative equipment of board
CN211440123U (en) Novel automatic accurate board equipment that divides of PCB board
CN216029124U (en) Tear PIN device open
CN114473248A (en) Screen laser cutting protection device
CN113148600B (en) Full-automatic hook production device
CN210649116U (en) Automatic feeding device for laser processing system
CN114274482A (en) Detection mechanism and wireless gasket post-processing system that charges
CN112142311A (en) Glass cutting and breaking integrated machine conveyed through floating sucker
CN209831823U (en) Cutting device
CN216543723U (en) Single adhesive sticker printed matter production equipment
CN109927100B (en) Cutting device
CN213766541U (en) Perforating device for pearl product
CN216542769U (en) Wafer sand blasting double-feeding machine
CN115446606B (en) Automatic purlin dividing device

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
C06 Publication
PB01 Publication
C10 Entry into substantive examination
SE01 Entry into force of request for substantive examination
C14 Grant of patent or utility model
GR01 Patent grant
C17 Cessation of patent right
CF01 Termination of patent right due to non-payment of annual fee

Granted publication date: 20060412

Termination date: 20110723