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US 2016/0101536 A1Published application
Plank and tile cutter incorporating scale means
OwnerGregory J. Gundlach, Dennis R. Dickersoninventors
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A plank and tile cutter incorporating a back gauge, the apparatus having a table incorporating a cutting blade for cutting tiles, operated through a pivotal and leveraged handle, cam operated, to forcefully lower the cutting blade into a cutting operation. The back gauge secures to the backside of the apparatus, and the gauge includes a scale to provide for precise measurement of the tile to be cut, and includes a guide that not only supports the backside of the tile to its precise dimension to be cut, but also furnishes support for the lead end of the tile during performance of the shearing function. The guide of the back gauge can be easily loosened, for resetting, simply by viewing its applied scale, and then refastened tightly to provide the guide for repeat cutting through the use of the cutter during application. Related types of side rails and angled guides may be provided upon the surface of the table, to further angulated cuts, as may be required.
A tile cutter for cutting flooring material, comprising a table, said table having a cutting blade provided proximate its back end, a cam rod operatively associated with the cutting blade, a leveraged handle provided upon the cam rod, which when pivoted, lowers the cutting blade towards the table to provide for cutting of any flooring material thereunder, a back gauge connected with the backside of the table, the back gauge having an adjustable guide, which can be adjusted to precise dimensions, and against which the back edge of any flooring material encounters during a setting in preparation for performance of a precise cutting operation.
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