Patent ID: 7229342
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: B28D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A stone cutting system for cutting a stone sheet having a substantially planar surface, the system comprising: a frame upon which a stone sheet to be cut can be positioned so that when the stone sheet is placed upon the frame, the substantially planar surface of the stone sheet extends along X and Y coordinate axes; means for supporting a cutting tool adjacent the frame for rotation about a Z-coordinate axis and for rotating the cutting tool about the Z-coordinate axis; means joined between the frame and the tool-supporting means for supporting the tool-supporting means for movement relative to the frame along either of the X and Y coordinate directions to enable a cutting tool which is supported by the tool-supporting means to be positioned at any of a number of X and Y coordinate locations across the substantially planar surface of a stone sheet positioned upon the frame; and means associated with the tool-supporting means for moving a cutting tool which is supported by the tool-supporting means along the Z-coordinate axis toward and into engagement with the substantially planar surface of a stone sheet positioned upon the frame so that by rotating the cutting tool about the Z-coordinate axis while the cutting tool is moved in cutting engagement with the stone sheet along X or Y coordinate directions, material is removed from the stone sheet by the cutting tool.