Michael F Naughton

Title: Michael F. Naughton and Glass-Sheet Separation

Introduction

Michael F. Naughton is an inventor associated with Athlone, Ireland, and Donnelly Mirrors Limited. His recorded patent concerns an apparatus for separating pre-scribed glass shapes from a larger glass sheet.

Latest Patents

Naughton’s listed patent, “Apparatus for Separating Pre-Scribed Shapes from a Glass Sheet,” describes a conveyor that transports a glass sheet while leaving its margins accessible from both sides. Opposing glass-cracking devices repeatedly act on the margins as the sheet moves, progressively breaking the glass along its edges so it fractures at the scribe lines that define the shapes. The devices may use opening-and-closing jaws or toothed wheels positioned around each margin. Naughton is credited with 1 patent.

Career Highlights

The available information connects Naughton’s invention to Donnelly Mirrors Limited and identifies its application in processing pre-scribed glass shapes. The patent describes a mechanism intended to separate those shapes through controlled, progressive fracture.

Collaborations

Donnelly Mirrors Limited is the company associated with Naughton in the provided information. No additional collaborators are identified.

Conclusion

Michael F. Naughton’s recorded patent presents a practical approach to separating pre-scribed shapes from glass sheets by applying repeated, opposing forces along the sheet’s margins.