Stone thickness correcting tool for handheld machines
OwnerAlbert Badal, Wendell Wardinventors
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Abstract
A tool for creating uniform thickness around the edge of a stone slab for seaming or profiling thereof. The tool is used with portable routers or other handheld machines. A spindle side spacer, bearing assembly and blade side spacer establish a fixed depth at which the cutting blade is set from the base of the machine. This fixed depth creates a uniform thickness when the tool is used on the edge of a stone slab.
Claims15
A tool for creating a uniform thickness on an edge of a stone slab, comprising:
- a spindle for attaching the tool to a handheld machine;
- a spacer assembly having a blade spacer, a bearing assembly and a spindle spacer, the spindle spacer being adjacent the spindle;
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- a blade adjacent the blade spacer, whereby the blade engages a surface of the stone slab when the tool abuts the edge of the stone slab, such that the blade removes material in excess of the uniform thickness.
A tool for creating a uniform thickness on an edge of a stone slab, comprising:
- a spindle for attaching the tool to a handheld machine;
- a cylindrical spacer assembly having a blade spacer, a bearing assembly and a spindle spacer, the spindle spacer being adjacent the spindle, wherein the bearing assembly allows rotation of the tool with respect to the stone slab;
- a blade adjacent the blade spacer, whereby the blade engages a surface of the stone slab when the tool abuts the edge of the stone slab, such that the blade removes material in excess of the uniform thickness;
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- wherein the spacer assembly creates a uniform distance between the handheld machine and the blade corresponding to the uniform thickness of the stone slab.
A process for cutting an edge of a stone slab to a uniform thickness, comprising the steps of:
- determining a uniform thickness for the edge of the stone slab;
- providing a handheld tool having a blade and a spacer assembly, wherein the spacer assembly has a depth equal to the uniform thickness;
- aligning a base of the handheld tool with an upper surface of the stone slab such that the spacer assembly abuts the edge of the stone slab and the blade engages a lower surface of the stone slab;
- actuating the handheld tool to rotate the blade, whereby excess material is removed from the lower surface of the stone slab to create the uniform thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.