Abstract: An edge grinding apparatus for sheets of glass includes a conveyance device coupled to a support structure, wherein the conveyance device includes a conveying position and a grinding position, a carriage support disposed adjacent the conveyor, and a grinding carriage slidingly coupled to the carriage support, the grinding carriage including at least one movable grinding head, wherein a glass sheet is carried by the conveyance device from the conveying position to the grinding position, the glass sheet secured to one of the conveyance device and a fixed table while in the grinding position, at least one edge of the glass sheet ground by the at least one moveable grinding head while in the grinding position.

Abstract: An electro-optic system and method for exposing data characters line segments on an edge region of rapidly moving strip film. The system includes a source of pulse illumination directed onto a light valve device that is addressed to form a plurality of discrete, multiple data character line segments. The illumination is synchronized with the film movement and the line segments are sequentially scanned to a strip image region to form a stitched, end to end, image of the line segments.