Patent ID: 11883979
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 43:
44. An apparatus comprising:
a tool device configured to be used in the manufacturing of engineered stone slabs; and
wherein the tool device is configured to travel in an x-y plane in order to create a physically disrupted region in a mixture of aggregate minerals;
wherein the tool device has a mechanism which is configured to vary a width of the physically disrupted region of the mixture while traveling in the x-y plane;
wherein the tool device is a carving device with a V-shaped component having a vertex which is configured to cut through the mixture of aggregate minerals and thereby create the physically disrupted region when the carving device travels in the x-y plane;
wherein the V-shaped component is comprised of:
a first member having a first end and a second end;
a second member having a first end and a second end;
a third member having a first end and a second end; and
a fourth member having a first end and a second end;

wherein the first end of the first member is located at the vertex, and the first end of the second member is located at the vertex, such that the first member and the second member come together at their respective first ends;
wherein the second end of the first member is separated by a distance from the second end of the second member;
wherein the first end of the third member is located at the second end of the first member;
wherein the first end of the fourth member is located at the second end of the second member;

further comprising a horizontal plate;
wherein the first and second members are fixed in location and orientation with respect to the horizontal plate; and
wherein the third and fourth members are configured to pivot with respect to the horizontal plate, so that their first ends remain stationary while their second ends move further apart or closer together, to thereby vary the width of the physically disrupted region of the mixture while the tool device is traveling in the x-y plane.