Patent ID: 7748372
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: B28D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An adaptable tile-cutter apparatus for scoring and breaking disparately-sized subject tiles, the apparatus comprising: a first end casting and a second end casting; a rigid crossbeam spanning the first end casting and the second end casting, the rigid crossbeam having an upper longitudinal spine and lower longitudinal members; one or more platform assemblies each coupled to one of the lower longitudinal members of the rigid crossbeam; a travel rail spanning the first end casting and the second end casting, wherein the travel rail resides in substantially parallel-spaced relation to the rigid crossbeam; and a cutting mechanism slidably engaged to the travel rail, the cutting mechanism comprising: wherein the rigid crossbeam and the travel rail comprise a first matched set, and are each removably coupled to the first end casting and the second end casting such that at least a second matched set comprising another rigid crossbeam and another travel rail possessing a length at variance with the rigid crossbeam and travel rail of the first matched set is interchangeable with the first matched set.