Patent ID: 8100740

Claim:
A cutting apparatus comprising: a frame including a first end and a second end; a motorized conveyor arrangement for moving a stone workpiece relative to the frame in a longitudinal direction, the conveyor arrangement including first and second conveyors operatively attached to the frame, the first conveyor configured to carry the workpiece from the first end of the frame to the second end of the frame in the longitudinal direction, the first conveyor disposed at an angle of about 45 degrees to a reference surface parallel to the longitudinal direction, the second conveyor configured to carry the workpiece from the first end of the frame to the second end of the frame along the longitudinal direction, the second conveyor disposed at an angle of about 135 degrees to the reference surface, the second conveyor positioned perpendicularly to the first conveyor so as to form a V-shaped channel with the first conveyor; and a cutting blade arrangement including a first rotatable cutting blade operatively attached to the frame and positioned generally parallel to at least one of the first conveyor and the second conveyor.