# US 11,077,576 B1 · Tile cutting device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,077,576 B1 - Document ID: US11077576B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/141,958 - Filed: 2018-09-25 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-26 - Applicants: Harry Eugene Talbott - Inventors: Harry Eugene Talbott - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11077576B1 ## CPC - B26D 7/10: by heating (with Laser B23K26/00; severing by heating B26F) - B26D 1/151: {for thin material, e.g. for sheets, strips or the like} - B26D 7/015: {for sheet material or piles of sheets (B26D7/018 and B26D7/02 take precedence)} - B26D 7/22: Safety devices specially adapted for cutting machines (safety devices in general F16P) - B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04) ## Abstract Vinyl tile cutting devices are disclosed herein. The disclosed vinyl tile cutting devices include a base element. The base element is configured to support a vinyl tile thereon. The disclosed vinyl tile cutting devices further include a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly includes one or more rotatable cutting blades for cutting said vinyl tile in a generally linear manner. In some embodiments, the vinyl tile cutting device includes a heating element. The heating element is configured to heat said tile prior to the cutting of said vinyl tile. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vinyl tile cutting device configured to cut vinyl tiles into a plurality of different shapes, said vinyl tile cutting device comprising: a base element, said base element being conductive and configured to support a vinyl tile thereon during a cutting process, said vinyl tile having at least one cutting path; a cutting assembly disposed above said base element, said cutting assembly including a plurality of non-motorized, toothless, rotatable cutting blades for cutting said vinyl tile in a generally linear path along a longitudinal extension of said base element, each cutting blade defining an axis of rotation, and each cutting blade is disposed spaced-apart from at least one other cutting blade in the direction of the axis of rotation; and a heating element disposed beneath said base element and substantially spanning the longitudinal extension of said base element beneath the path of said cutting assembly, said heating element configured to adjustably and simultaneously heat all cutting paths of said vinyl tile prior to and contemporaneous with the cutting of said vinyl tile; wherein said vinyl tile cutting device is configured to accurately cut said vinyl tile at a plurality of predetermined cutting angles relative to one or more edges of said vinyl tile. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vinyl tile cutting device according to claim 1, wherein said base element comprises a cutting plate for supporting said tile thereon, said cutting plate comprising indicia for aligning said vinyl tile in a plurality of different angular positions so that said tile is capable of being cut at said plurality of predetermined cutting angles. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vinyl tile cutting device according to claim 1, wherein said base element comprises a pair of spaced-apart rails for supporting said cutting assembly. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vinyl tile cutting device according to claim 1, wherein said cutting assembly further includes a safety cover disposed over at least a portion of said plurality of spaced-apart rotatable cutting blades so as to protect a user of said vinyl tile cutting device from being inadvertently cut by said plurality of spaced-apart rotatable cutting blades. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vinyl tile cutting device according to claim 1, wherein said base element includes one or more securing elements for holding said vinyl tile in place relative to said base element. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vinyl tile cutting device according to claim 1, wherein said base element includes a top surface and a bottom surface, said top surface of said base element configured to support said tile thereon, and said bottom surface of said base element supported on a plurality of support legs. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The vinyl tile cutting device according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of predetermined cutting angles relative to said one or more edges of said vinyl tile at least include: (i) a ninety degree cutting angle, (ii) a forty-five degree cutting angle, and (iii) a twenty-two and one-half degree cutting angle. ### Claim 8 A vinyl tile cutting device configured to cut vinyl tiles into a plurality of different shapes, said vinyl tile cutting device comprising: a base element, said base element being conductive and configured to support a vinyl tile thereon, said vinyl tile having a cutting path; a cutting assembly disposed above said base element, said cutting assembly including a plurality of non-motorized, rotating cutting blades for cutting said vinyl tile in a generally linear path along a longitudinal extension of said base element, each cutting blade defining an axis of rotation, and each cutting blade is disposed spaced-apart from at least one other cutting blade in the direction of the axis of rotation; and a heating element disposed beneath said base element and substantially spanning the longitudinal extension of said base element beneath the path of said cutting assembly, said heating element configured to adjustably and simultaneously heat the entire cutting path of said vinyl tile prior to and contemporaneous with the cutting of said vinyl tile; wherein said vinyl tile cutting device is configured to accurately cut said vinyl tile at a plurality of predetermined cutting angles relative to one or more edges of said tile. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The vinyl tile cutting device according to claim 8, wherein said base element comprises a cutting plate for supporting said tile thereon, said cutting plate comprising indicia for aligning said tile in a plurality of different angular positions so that said vinyl tile is capable of being cut at said plurality of predetermined cutting angles. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The vinyl tile cutting device according to claim 8, wherein said cutting assembly further includes a safety cover disposed over at least a portion of said plurality of rotatable cutting blades so as to protect a user of said vinyl tile cutting device from being inadvertently cut by said plurality of rotatable cutting blades. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The vinyl tile cutting device according to claim 8, wherein said base element includes one or more securing mechanisms for holding said vinyl tile in place relative to said base element. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The vinyl tile cutting device according to claim 8, wherein said base element includes a top surface and a bottom surface, said top surface of said base element configured to support said tile thereon, and said bottom surface of said base element supported on a plurality of support legs. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The vinyl tile cutting device according to claim 8, wherein said plurality of predetermined cutting angles relative to said one or more edges of said vinyl tile at least include: (i) a ninety degree cutting angle, (ii) a forty-five degree cutting angle, and (iii) a twenty-two and one-half degree cutting angle.