Ceramic tile cutter
US4378782A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 1, 1981 |
| Grant date | Apr 5, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T225/325
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A tile scoring and fracturing device in which spaced parallel links swingably secured at one end to a base and freely secured at their other ends to the ends of an elongated guide bar to form a rectangular assembly can be shifted to a parallelogram configuration to lower the guide bar toward a tile placed upon the base. A combined tile scoring and fracturing head is slidably carried upon the guide bar. In the rectangular mode the scoring and fracturing head is used to score the tile along a predetermined path. Thereafter, as the links and guide bar are shifted to the parallelogram configuration the tile is fractured by the said head.
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