Base for supporting tiles to be cut, a kit and a method for adapting a manual tile-cutting machine

A kit for adapting a manual tile-cutting machine (1) for use with a group (16) comprising a rotary tile-cutting disc (14), the manual tile-cutting machine (1) comprising:

• a base (2) comprising a first extractable rest plate which in turn comprises a surface for restingly receiving a tile;
• and a blade (4) for contacting the lower surface of the tile during a scoring stage thereof;
• a guide (5) arranged above the base (2);
• wherein the kit comprises:
• a group (16) comprising a rotary tile-cutting disc (14);
• a carriage (15) on which the group (16) is mountable, which carriage (15) can run on the guide (5);
• a second extractable rest plate (31) which comprises a surface (13) for restingly receiving a tile, which rest surface (13) is provided with a depression or slit (12) of such dimensions and so positioned in order to contain a portion of the rotary cutting disc (14) when the group (16) is mounted on the carriage (15) and the carriage (15) slides on the guide (5) of the machine (1) in order to cut a tile resting on the base (2).

A kit for adapting a manual tile-cutting machine (1) for use with a group (16) comprising a rotary tile-cutting disc (14), the manual tile-cutting machine (1) comprising:

• a base (2) comprising a first extractable rest plate which in turn comprises a surface for restingly receiving a tile;
• and a blade (4) for contacting the lower surface of the tile during a scoring stage thereof;
• a guide (5) arranged above the base (2);
• wherein the kit comprises:
• a group (16) comprising a rotary tile-cutting disc (14);
• a carriage (15) on which the group (16) is mountable, and on which a tile-scoring element (8) is mountable, which carriage (15) can run on the guide (5);
• a second extractable rest plate (31) which comprises a surface (13) for restingly receiving a tile, which rest surface (13) is provided with a depression or slit (12) of such dimensions and so positioned in order to contain a portion of the rotary tile-cutting disc (14) when the group (16) is mounted on the carriage (15) and the carriage (15) slides on the guide (5) of the machine (1) in order to cut a tile resting on the base (2).

A method for adapting a manual tile-cutting machine (1) for use with a group (16) comprising a rotary tile-cutting disc (14), the manual tile-cutting machine comprising:

• a base (2) for supporting tiles to be cut, comprising a surface (13) for restingly receiving a tile;
• and a blade (4) for encountering a lower surface of the tile during the stage of scoring the tile;
• a guide (5) arranged above the base (2);
• a carriage which can slide on the guide (5), on which carriage a tile-scoring element (8) is mounted;
• wherein the method comprises stages of:
• adapting the carriage such that a group (16) is further mountable thereon, the group (16) comprising a rotary tile-cutting disc (14);
• providing a depression or slit (12) in the rest surface (13) of the extractable rest plate, which is of such dimensions and is positioned such as to contain a portion of the rotary cutting disc (5) of the tile-cutting machine (1) when the group (16) is mounted on the carriage and the carriage slides on the guide (5) of the tile-cutting machine (1) resting on the rest surface (13) of the extractable rest plate (31).

A method for adapting a manual tile-cutting machine (1) for use with a group (16) comprising a rotary tile-cutting disc (14), the tile-cutting machine (1) comprising:

• a base (2) for supporting tiles to be cut, comprising s surface (13) for restingly receiving a tile;
• and a blade (4) for encountering a lower surface of the tile during the stage of scoring the tile;
• a guide (5) arranged above the base (2);
• wherein the method comprises stages of:
• providing a carriage (15) which bears a group (16) comprising a rotary tile-cutting disc (14), which carriage (15) can slide on the guide (5);
• providing a depression or slit (12) in the rest surface (13) of the extractable plate (14), of such dimensions and so positioned to contain a portion of the rotary cutting disc (14) when the group (16) is mounted on the carriage (15) and the carriage (15) slides on the guide (5) of the machine (1) for cutting a tile resting on the rest surface (13) of the extractable rest plate (31).