Patent ID: 7748372

Claim:
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: (1) a housing having an integral handle, a forward portion, a rearward portion, a lower arm, and a rail-capture channel; (2) a pair of laterally-spaced bushings inserted within the rail-capture channel; (3) a breaker head frictionally engaged to the lower arm; (4) a scoring tool rotatably coupled to the forward portion; and (5) a bearing rotatably coupled to the rearward portion; 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.