Ceramic tile cutting apparatus

In a band saw cutting apparatus comprising a C-frame, a pair of wheels journalled to the C-frame, a cutting blade carried by the pair of wheels, the output shaft of a motor coupled to one of the wheels, the improvement comprising;

• a. a hollow container providing vertical support for the band saw cutting apparatus,
• b. a blower motor fixedly secured to the container having a blade assembly secured to a shaft thereof, a housing enclosing the blower motor and the blade, said container having a first opening therein, the first opening communicating to the housing, a filter being disposed removably secured covering the first opening,
• c. a drawer, the drawer being slideably affixed to the container, the drawer having an open mouth portion disposed above the marginal edges of the side wall thereof, the container having a second opening in the walls thereof, the second opening being disposed adjacent a lowermost one of said pair of wheels and above said drawer, the first opening of said container being located adjacent the second opening and covering a portion of said drawer, and
• d. a resilient material fixedly secured to a portion of the exterior surface of the container.