A New or Improved Apparatus for Cutting Tiles and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Apparatus for Cutting Tiles and the like.
1, WILLIAM WALES MORRIS, of 5th Avenue, Goole, in the County of York,
Slate Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct simple and efficient apparatus where-
by tiles and the like, hereinafter called tiles, may be readily cut along straight
lines, the edges of the cut being even and without serious projecting parts.
According to my invention, I employ two rollers which are carried on the same
axle, and one of these rollers has a portion of its surface beveled off, the remainder
of the surface being cylindrical. The axle carrying the rollers is mounted in
bearings which are carried on a frame and have india-rubber or other elastic
blocks for insulating the said bearings from the frame, in such a manner that
sharp blows received on the rollers have a percussive and not a crushing effect.
A guide is provided above the roller for holding a vertically moving chisel or
other cutting tool and a stationary smooth edge is fitted to the frame. The tile
to be cut is first provided with a duplex straight edge which is clamped to both
of its sides, and the said tile is then placed in the apparatus and moved over the
rollers. The straight edge keeps the path of the tile straight owing to its contact
with the stationary smooth edge, thus allowing the chisel or other cutting instru-
ment to be operated in a perfectly straight line across the tile, and as the blows
of the chisel simply strike the tile as it is supported by an elastically held roller,
the blows are received percussively, which has the effect of cutting the tile in a
practically straight and even line."
A New or Improved Apparatus for Cutting Tiles and the like.
I, WILLIAM WALES MORRIS, of 5th Avenue, Goole, in the County of York,
Slate Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is to construct simple and efficient apparatus where
by tiles and the like, hereinafter called tiles, may be readily cut along straight
lines, the edges of the cut being even and without serious projecting parts.

page_text: In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I will proceed to describe
the same with reference to the accompanying drawing in which similar letters
refer to like parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation, Figure 2 is a front view and Figure 3 a plan of an
apparatus constructed according to my invention.
A, B are two rollers having beveled and cylindrical surfaces, and the said rollers
are carried on a single axle C which is supported in bearings I) and E held
elastically on a firm bed G. Indiarubber blocks or springs H insulate the bear-
ings D and E from the frame G, in such a manner that sharp blows received on
the rollers A and B have a percussive and not a crushing effect. I is an adjust-
able headstock through which passes a vertically moving chisel K held in equili-
brium by springs K' within the headstock Jas seen at Figure 2, and, the chisel K
is preferably formed with a cutting roller L so as to obtain a broader cutting edge.
M is the tile to be cut and N is a duplex straight edge which is fastened to the
tile M by means of clamping screws N1, and the lower straight edge rests between
the rollers A and B thereby guiding the path of the tile M which is supported on
the beveled edges of the said rollers.
The tile M can thus be moved over the rollers A and B in a straight line,
whilst the chisel K receives a succession of blows from a hammer: and as the
chisel simply strikes the tile whilst is is elastically supported on the rollers A
and B the blows are received percussively, thus enabling the tile to be cleanly
cut, and with great rapidity.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The roller A mounted on elastic bearings, in combination with a chisel K
held in equilibrium above the roller, substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
2. The rollers A and B mounted on an elastically supported axle C, substanti-
ally as and for the purposes set forth.
3. The chisel K suspended in equilibrium in a headstock, in combination with
an elastic bed for the support of a tile to be cut, substantially as and for the pur-
poses set forth.
4. The combination of the rollers A and B, axle C, bearings. D) and E, frame G,
springs H, headstock J chisel K, and springs K¹, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
Dated this 16th day of November 1899.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.