US 11,813,711 B1
Glass sheet polishing assembly
Matthew J. Hatcher, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US); and Erik Schneider, Davie, FL (US)
Assigned to Matthew J Hatcher, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed by Matthew J. Hatcher, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/903,838.
Application 17/903,838 is a continuation of application No. 15/994,620, filed on May 31, 2018, granted, now 11,433,501.
Int. Cl. B24B 29/02 (2006.01); C03C 15/02 (2006.01); B08B 11/02 (2006.01); C03C 23/00 (2006.01); B08B 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC B24B 29/02 (2013.01) [B08B 11/02 (2013.01); B08B 11/04 (2013.01); C03C 15/02 (2013.01); C03C 23/0075 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly structured to polish a glass sheet, said assembly comprising:
a support assembly, said support assembly being movable relative to an underlying supporting surface so as to accommodate variable positioning of the glass sheet;
a mounting assembly connected to said support assembly and structured to connect the glass sheet and said support assembly in an operative position,
a polishing assembly disposed and structured to movably engage the glass sheet when in said operative position,
a carriage movably connected to said support assembly; said polishing assembly movably mounted on said carriage,
a drive assembly comprising a first drive motor and a second drive motor,
said first drive motor disposed and structured to concurrently move said carriage and said polishing assembly relative to said support assembly in incremental, successive steps, along said first travel path;
said second drive motor disposed and structured to reciprocally move said polishing assembly relative to said carriage, along said second travel path;
said first and second drive motors concurrently operative to define a continuous indexing of said polishing assembly along a substantially continuous path of travel over and in engagement with at least a majority of the glass sheet,
a control assembly including a plurality of sensors, said plurality of sensors collectively disposed and structured to regulate operational characteristics of at least said polishing assembly, and
said operating characteristics comprising at least one of: RPM of said polishing assembly; pressure of said polishing assembly on the glass sheet; rate of travel of said polishing assembly along said carriage.