Abstract: A machine for cutting glass or other fracture sensitive sheet material includes a support bar for supporting a plurality of cutting heads. The support bar is pivotally connected to a crossbar suspended above the working surface of the machine. The ends of the crossbar are attached to bushing blocks which slide over guide shafts secured to opposite edges of the base of the machine. A lever arm is attached at one end to the support bar for simultaneously pivoting each of the plurality of cutting heads downwardly toward the working surface and for moving the cutting blade heads across the material to be scored. An adjustable stop secured to the crossbar limits the extent to which the support bar can be pivoted by the lever arm, thereby limiting the downward pressure exerted by the cutting heads upon the sheet material. A lubricant reservoir is secured to the base of the machine for simultaneously lubricating each of the cutting heads.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for dispensing adhesive-backed foil having a protective covering in contact with the adhesive surface. A spool is mounted on a frame to provide a continuous strip of foil to a guide roller having a circumferential groove for receiving and guiding the strip of foil, the groove being approximately the same width as the width of the foil strip. A peel blade incorporates a peel edge contacting the foil between the pressure-sensitive adhesive surface and the protective covering to force the protective covering out of contact with the adhesive surface; the peel blade is mounted to place the peel edge in contact with the foil strip at the guide roller surface. A workpiece, such as a flat decorative glass configuration, is placed with its edge in contact with the adhesive surface of the foil on the guide roller. A workpiece guide is mounted adjacent the guide roller for contacting the workpiece to maintain the edges of the workpiece centered in the circumferential groove of the guide roller.

Abstract: A foil applicator is provided having a base incorporating a platform with a planar work surface. The platform includes an entrance and an exit end with the exit end terminating in a smoothly curved surface extending from the plane of the work surface to form a smoothly rounded surface at the platform exit. A pair of spaced apart work piece guide arms are attached at the entrance end of the platform to the base and are movable toward and away from each other. The guide arms are spring biased toward one another to urge the guide arms into gripping contact with a work piece positioned in the channel formed by the guide arms and planar work surface.

Abstract: A spool is formed having a pair of opposing flat circular plates each having a central opening therein for receiving a cylindrical shaft to be rotatably supported thereby. The distance measured axially along the supporting shaft between the flat plates is determined by the alignment of spacer pins extending perpendicularly from the opposing surface of one plate and corresponding openings in the other plate. The spacer ring also extends perpendicularly from the opposing surface of one of the plates toward the opposing surface of the second plate; a registration pin also extends from the opposing surface of one plate toward a plurality of openings provided therefor in the opposing plate. The axial distance between the plates therefore depends on which of the spacer pins are aligned with their corresponding opening, the registration always being aligned with one of the registration openings in the opposing plate.