Patent ID: 7207753
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: B23C,B23D,B27C,B28D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tile shaping system for shaping a tile, the tile having a first surface and a second surface and an edge, the first surface being substantially planar, and the edge extending from the first surface to the second surface, the tile shaping system comprising: a base means, a transporter stage and a first shaping tool, wherein the first shaping tool and the transporter stage are slidably coupled with the base means; the base means for guiding the movement of the edge and the transporter stage as the edge moves through the tile shaping system; the transporter stage having a transporter plate, a reference plate, an elevator and a pressing element, the reference plate rigidly coupled to the transporter plate, and the elevator movably coupled to the pressing element and the reference plate, and the pressing element coupled with the reference plate and the elevator, wherein the elevator is driven towards the reference plate by the pressing element; and the transporter stage slidably coupled with the base means, wherein the tile is placed between the elevator and the reference plate and the edge is pressed against the base means and is movably coupled with the base means, the tile is pressed towards the reference plate by the elevator and the pressing element while the transporter stage is moved through a first shaping zone of the first shaping tool and the edge is shaped.