DE20104022U1 - Tile cutter for conical strips with templates for round cuts - Google Patents

Description

Description

The invention relates to a device for cutting accurate, uniform, conical or rounded strips of tiles, but also other materials according to the preamble of claim 1.

State of the art

Plate and tile cutting machines of the type described above are known in many different designs. Such cutting machines generally have a frame with a support surface for the plates or tiles to be cut. Above the support surface, a cutting element is usually mounted so that it can be moved on one or two guide rails that are attached to the frame. The cutting element often comprises a hard metal plate that is rolled under pressure over the surface of the plate or tile to be cut. For this purpose, a lever is arranged in the area of the cutting element, with which the cutting element can firstly be pivoted about an axis parallel to the support surface, but also the necessary contact pressure for the hard metal plate is generated. In order to produce conical or curved cuts on tiles without permanently marking the tile, the tiler sometimes has to resort to other means.

Device description (Figure 1 ):

The frame ( 2 ) consists of a 28 mm glued wood panel, which was milled out for the installation of the following components. The frame ( 2 ) is supported by 4 rubber feet ( 6 ). Two 20 mm thick foam rubber panels ( 7 ) are loosely inserted into the recessed recesses. Two stainless steel perforated panels with a plug-in hole system ( 3 ) (R 15-24 VA) are placed on the foam rubber panels, which are attached to the substructure with nails. Between the two perforated panels there is a needle felt panel ( 4 ), which was glued to the glued wood panel ( 2 ). This is used to lay the tile on. On the long side of the needle felt panel ( 4 ) there is a stop rail ( 5 ) (stainless steel flat 30 mm wide/5 mm thick, 300 mm long), which in turn is attached to the substructure with

Screws are used to lay the tile. You also need a flat bar (8) (stainless steel flat, 30 mm wide/5 mm thick, 350 mm long). To fix the dimensions, you also need 4 steel pins that are pressed into the steel perforated plates. To cut the ceramic, you need a standard glass cutter.

Object and advantages of the invention

The invention is based on the problem of creating a tile cutter which requires a one-time measurement of the tile to a conical or curved cutting line.

This problem is solved by the features of claim 1. Starting from a device for cutting tiles or slabs according to the type described in the introduction, the problem is solved in that the required dimensions are fixed in the stainless steel perforated plate with the help of the flat guide bar or the round template, but at the same time are also provided as a guide for guiding the glass cutter. In this way it is possible to create curved or conical cutting lines on tiles or slabs. This makes it possible, for example, to lay tiles in floors or walls with round arches or wave shapes more efficiently and precisely. Up to now this type of work has been carried out completely manually, i.e. the tile was cut to size using hand-held cutting tools or the desired curved shape was broken out using pliers. It is easy to see that exact tile edges cannot be created using these methods. This is particularly true when producing conical tile strips, e.g. For example, when creating a round arch, it has never been possible to maintain the exact dimensions and a deviation of just a few millimeters from the dimensions would result in the round arch being completely distorted. With the device according to the invention, however, precise tile edges can be created by guiding the glass cutter over the guide templates. Finally, it is preferable if the guide template is replaceable. For an efficient workflow, it will be advantageous to supply a large number of common guide templates with the cutting device, which can be inserted into the device as required.

Description of an example

The cutting device (1) shown in Fig. 1 comprises a frame (2) with a support surface made of needle felt (4) for tiles or panels. A stop rail (5) is attached to the frame (2), which is used for the precise placement of the tile. After measuring and marking the desired strip on the tile, this is placed on the support surface (4) using the stop rail (5). The guide template (8, 9) is then placed along the marking on the tile and fixed using the steel pins in the nearest upper and lower holes of the perforated steel plates (3, 7). A glass cutter is then used along the guide template (8, 9). The marked strip is thus created on the surface of the tile using a break point. ■

List of reference symbols

1 cutting device

2 Frame

3 stainless steel perforated sheet with plug hole system (with foam rubber plate underneath)

4 Needle felt support surface

5 Stop rail

6 rubber feet

7 stainless steel perforated plate with plug-in hole system (with foam rubber plate underneath)

8 Flat bar

9 Round template

Claims (5)

1. Device for cutting panels or tiles with a frame ( 2 ) which has a support surface ( 4 ) for the panels or tiles, and with a cutting element for producing a breaking point in the panel or tile surface, characterized in that guide templates ( 8 , 9 ), fixed in a plug-hole system ( 3 , 7 ) with plug-in pins, are provided for guiding the cutting element. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the guide templates ( 8 , 9 ) comprise a stop which runs in accordance with the desired curve or straight line and along which the cutting element is guided directly. 3. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the guide templates ( 8 , 9 ) can be arranged above the support surface ( 4 ). 4. Device according to one of claims 2 and 3, characterized in that the cutting member has a flat contact point in the guide region of the guide templates ( 8 , 9 ). 5. Device according to one of claims 1-4, characterized in that the guide templates ( 8 , 9 ) are exchangeable.