Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
125230010 | SPLITTING, SHEARING, AND PUNCHING | 38 |
20080196706 | APPARATUS FOR CUTTING STONE - An apparatus for cutting stone is described. The apparatus may include a structural member. The apparatus may include a first chisel. The first chisel may be rigidly connected to the structural member. The first chisel may include a tip. The apparatus may include a second chisel. The second chisel may be moveable with respect to the first chisel. The second chisel may include a tip. The second chisel may be configured to move from a first position to a second position. The first chisel and the second chisel may be oriented within approximately the same plane. | 08-21-2008 |
20080210213 | STONE CUTTING DEVICE - A stone cutting device that utilizes first and second blade assemblies aligned within first and second support members. The first blade assembly is equipped with a source of hydraulic pressure that provides force to drive a blade downward. A second blade assembly meanwhile has a blade disposed within an opening of a table such that when a stone is placed on the table the blade does not contact the stone. Resilient members are placed underneath the table such that when pressure is applied from the blade of the first blade assembly the table and stone move downwardly to contact the blade of the second blade assembly thus providing pressure on either side of the stone in order to cut the stone or block. | 09-04-2008 |
20080257330 | IMPACT BLOCK SPLITTER - An impact block splitter and a method of splitting casted concrete blocks is described. The impact block splitter is comprised of a cylindrical housing with a splitting blade secured to a lower end of the cylindrical housing. The splitting blade has an impact receiving rear end projecting inside the cylindrical housing. An impact element is displaceably mounted behind the impact receiving rear end of the spitting blade inside the housing. The cylindrical housing is displaceable axially to a downward position wherein the splitting blade is positioned on a surface of a block to be split. A pneumatic control system actuates the impact element to project it in a downward motion against the impact receiving rear end of the splitting blade to impart a blow thereto and to also cause the impact element to be retracted in an upward motion. | 10-23-2008 |
20080302350 | BLOCK SPLITTER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING WALL BLOCKS - The invention provides a block splitter assembly comprising first lower and second upper opposed splitter blade assemblies. The splitter blade assemblies have a splitting blade and two or more first forming blades. One forming blade is disposed to the right of and one forming blade is disposed to the left of the first splitting blade. The forming blades have forming edges. The splitting blade has a splitting edge that is straight, and the splitting blade has a greater maximum vertical dimension than the maximum vertical dimension of the forming blades. The splitting edge of the first splitting blade is opposed to the splitting edge of the second splitting blade. | 12-11-2008 |
20100043770 | ROCK CUTTING AND TRIMMING DEVICE - A rock cutting and trimming device comprising a C-clamp, a hydraulic cylinder, a sleeve, a shaft, a top tooth, and a bottom tooth. The hydraulic cylinder is coupled to the shaft, the shaft fits inside of the sleeve, the sleeve is coupled to the top port of the C-clamp, the top tooth is coupled to the shaft, and the bottom tooth is coupled to the bottom port of the C-clamp. Each of the top and bottom teeth comprises a cutting edge, the cutting edge of the top tooth faces the cutting edge of the bottom tooth, the hydraulic cylinder causes the top tooth to move vertically upward and downward, and the cutting edges of the top and bottom teeth are vertically aligned so that when the top tooth is fully extended downward, the cutting edge of the top tooth is parallel to the cutting edge of the bottom tooth. | 02-25-2010 |
20100101552 | STONE CUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A stone cutter | 04-29-2010 |
20100218752 | BRICK CUTTING APPARATUSES AND METHODS - This document discusses, among other things, apparatuses and methods for cutting a brick including a base configured to selectively support the brick. An actuating assembly is movable along a cutting line. The actuating assembly is movable by a cutting distance at least equal to a height of the brick. A shear blade is removably attached to the actuating assembly. The shear blade is movable with the actuating assembly along the cutting line. The shear blade is configured to shear the brick along the cutting line when moved toward the base through the brick. | 09-02-2010 |
20100218753 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CUTTING FIBER-CEMENT MATERIALS AND METHODS OF OPERATION AND USE - Apparatus and methods of processing fiber-cement workpieces to form fiber-cement shake panels. One embodiment of such a method comprises positioning a cured fiber-cement workpiece over an anvil plate having at least one slot and driving a cutting blade along a straight, vertical path to pass a cutting edge of the cutting blade through the workpiece. The process can optionally include coating the fiber-cement panels before installing the fiber-cements panels on a wall. | 09-02-2010 |
20100229846 | Brick cutter - A brick cutter includes a base, a swing arm that has a handle portion, wherein the handle portion has one end pivotally connected to the base and an opposite end formed with a head so that the swing arm is capable of swinging relative to the base, and a chisel that has a cutting portion and a rod portion, wherein the rod portion is coupled with the head of the swing arm. Thereby, when a user holds the swing arm with one hand, and hammers the chisel with a hamper held in the other hand, the hammered chisel impacts a brick so as to cut the brick. | 09-16-2010 |
20100269811 | Splitting Devices - An apparatus for splitting stones and blocks comprises means ( | 10-28-2010 |
20100269812 | MANUAL CUTTER FOR CERAMIC TILES - The cutter has an adjustable set square ( | 10-28-2010 |
20100313868 | CONCRETE BLOCK SPLITTING AND PITCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus for pitching and splitting a masonry block is provided. The apparatus includes a first pitching blade configured to move in a first direction. A second pitching blade is disposed adjacent to the first pitching blade, and the two pitching blades are separated by a distance that is small enough so that the splits initiated by each blade join into a single plane, thereby pitching and splitting the masonry block without the need for a splitting blade. | 12-16-2010 |
20110061640 | BLOCK SPLITTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A masonry block that is produced from a workpiece that is split in a block splitting assembly which uses any of a variety of projections to supplement or replace the action of the splitting blade in splitting and dressing the workpiece. The resulting masonry block has features that provide the masonry block with a weathered appearance. | 03-17-2011 |
20110083656 | BLOCK SPLITTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - The invention relates to equipment and related methods for producing concrete blocks. The equipment and methods described herein utilize splitting assemblies having larger projections and/or smaller projections or peaks disposed on at least one side of a splitting line and which engage the workpiece as it is split into at least two pieces. | 04-14-2011 |
20110168152 | BLOCK SPLITTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A masonry block that is produced from a workpiece that is split in a block splitting assembly which uses any of a variety of projections to supplement or replace the action of the splitting blade in splitting and dressing the workpiece. The resulting masonry block has features that provide the masonry block with a weathered appearance. | 07-14-2011 |
20110226228 | SPLITTING WEDGE - A splitting wedge includes at least a wedge ( | 09-22-2011 |
20110271946 | BLOCK SPLITTER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING WALL BLOCKS - The invention provides a block splitter assembly comprising first lower and second upper opposed splitter blade assemblies. The splitter blade assemblies have a splitting blade and two or more first forming blades. One forming blade is disposed to the right of and one forming blade is disposed to the left of the first splitting blade. The forming blades have forming edges. The splitting blade has a splitting edge that is straight, and the splitting blade has a greater maximum vertical dimension than the maximum vertical dimension of the forming blades. The splitting edge of the first splitting blade is opposed to the splitting edge of the second splitting blade. | 11-10-2011 |
20120160227 | WAFER SPLITTING APPARATUS AND WAFER SPLITTING PROCESS - A wafer splitting apparatus suitable for splitting a plurality of chip regions of a wafer into a plurality of independent dice is provided. The wafer splitting apparatus includes a splitting knife body and at least a vibrating hammer. The splitting knife body is disposed at one side of the wafer, and has a first surface facing the wafer. The first surface stretches over a plurality of chip regions in all extending directions of the first surface passing through a center of the first surface. The splitting knife body is disposed between the wafer and the vibrating hammer, and the vibrating hammer is suitable for knocking the splitting knife body in a direction toward the wafer to make the splitting knife body move toward the wafer, so as to split the chip regions of the wafer into a plurality of independent dice. A wafer splitting process is also provided. | 06-28-2012 |
20120312291 | BLOCK SPLITTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - The invention relates to equipment and related methods for producing concrete blocks. The equipment and methods described herein utilize splitting assemblies having larger projections and/or smaller projections or peaks disposed on at least one side of a splitting line and which engage the workpiece as it is split into at least two pieces. | 12-13-2012 |
20130000623 | BLOCK SPLITTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A masonry block that is produced from a workpiece that is split in a block splitting assembly which uses any of a variety of projections to supplement or replace the action of the splitting blade in splitting and dressing the workpiece. The resulting masonry block has features that provide the masonry block with a weathered appearance. | 01-03-2013 |
20130239941 | BLOCK SPLITTER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING WALL BLOCKS - The invention provides a block splitter assembly comprising first lower and second upper opposed splitter blade assemblies. The splitter blade assemblies have a splitting blade and two or more first forming blades. One forming blade is disposed to the right of and one forming blade is disposed to the left of the first splitting blade. The forming blades have forming edges. The splitting blade has a splitting edge that is straight, and the splitting blade has a greater maximum vertical dimension than the maximum vertical dimension of the forming blades. The splitting edge of the first splitting blade is opposed to the splitting edge of the second splitting blade. | 09-19-2013 |
20130291851 | CUTTING METHOD FOR CRACKLY PLATE-SHAPED WORK PIECE AND CUTTING DEVICE THEREOF - A cutting method for crackly plate-shaped work piece and a cutting device thereof. The cutting method includes steps of: using a holding mold set to hold two faces of the crackly plate-shaped work piece along a predetermined cutting line and hold a product section of the crackly plate-shaped work piece that is to remain; and making a cutting mold move toward the crackly plate-shaped work piece by a stroke or up and down bite and cut the crackly plate-shaped work piece so as to cut off the crackly plate-shaped work piece along an edge of the holding mold set in alignment with the predetermined cutting line. | 11-07-2013 |
20130312727 | BLOCK SPLITTER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING WALL BLOCKS - The invention provides a block splitter assembly comprising first lower and second upper opposed splitter blade assemblies. The splitter blade assemblies have a splitting blade and two or more first forming blades. One forming blade is disposed to the right of and one forming blade is disposed to the left of the first splitting blade. The forming blades have forming edges. The splitting blade has a splitting edge that is straight, and the splitting blade has a greater maximum vertical dimension than the maximum vertical dimension of the forming blades. The splitting edge of the first splitting blade is opposed to the splitting edge of the second splitting blade. | 11-28-2013 |
20130340739 | BLOCK SPLITTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - The invention relates to equipment and related methods for producing concrete blocks. The equipment and methods described herein utilize splitting assemblies having larger projections and/or smaller projections or peaks disposed on at least one side of a splitting line and which engage the workpiece as it is split into at least two pieces. | 12-26-2013 |
20140090632 | BLOCK SPLITTER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING WALL BLOCKS - The invention provides a block splitter assembly comprising first lower and second upper opposed splitter blade assemblies. The splitter blade assemblies have a splitting blade and two or more first forming blades. One forming blade is disposed to the right of and one forming blade is disposed to the left of the first splitting blade. The forming blades have forming edges. The splitting blade has a splitting edge that is straight, and the splitting blade has a greater maximum vertical dimension than the maximum vertical dimension of the forming blades. The splitting edge of the first splitting blade is opposed to the splitting edge of the second splitting blade. | 04-03-2014 |
20140238376 | FOLDABLE BASE FOR TILE CUTTER - A combination manual tile cutter and a method of using the same. A manual tile cutter has an elongated cutting device mounted on a central support base and a pair of side supports pivotally connected on opposite sides of the central support base. The side supports are configured for pivotal movement between a first, open position to provide a generally planar support surface to support a work piece and a second, closed position disposed upwardly from the support base and configured to generally enclose the manual tile cutter in a polygonal (e.g., triangular) configuration. In the closed position, mutually adjacent portions of the side supports are configured to provide a hand grip to facilitate carrying of the manual tile cutter. | 08-28-2014 |
20150007805 | Powered tile breaker - A powered tile breaker having a main adjustable frame with handlebars located at a top end section thereof, at least one wheel located at a lower end section thereof, and an adjustable shaft connected between the top end section and the lower end section. A main motor located inside a main motor frame pivotally connected to the lower end section; a chiseling device mechanically connected to the main motor and adapted to deliver repeating chiseling strokes to a chosen tile; and an adjustment mechanism connected between the lower end section of the main adjustable frame and the motor frame, the adjustment mechanism capable of changing and securely holding the motor frame, main motor and the chiseling device at a chosen angle with respect to the lower end section to thereby provide repeating chiseling strokes to a chosen tile at a chosen angle. | 01-08-2015 |
20150136108 | ROCK FACE SPLITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A splitting apparatus comprising a first splitting blade having a smooth top with a width X and a shoulder angle of less than the friction angle, relative to a point in the middle of the top, and a second splitting blade disposed opposite the first splitting blade, the second splitting blade having a smooth top with a width Y and a shoulder angle of less than the friction angle, relative to a point in the middle of the top. | 05-21-2015 |
20160008926 | METHOD OF COLD-CLEAVING SAPPHIRE MATERIAL AT CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES | 01-14-2016 |
20160089813 | Device and Method for Cleaving a Crystalline Sample - A device for cleaving a crystalline sample, the device comprises: upper and lower bending elements that are arranged to contact upper and lower surfaces of the crystalline sample and to apply a bending moment on the crystalline sample; a first surface impact element that contacts a first surface of the crystalline sample; a cleaving element that is arranged to impact a second surface of the crystalline sample while the bending moment is applied on the crystalline element; wherein the second surface is opposite to the first side and oriented to the upper and lower surfaces of the crystalline sample wherein the device excludes any second surface alignment element for aligning the crystalline sample by contacting the second surface. | 03-31-2016 |
20160158882 | WAFER PRODUCING METHOD - A hexagonal single crystal wafer is produced from a hexagonal single crystal ingot. The wafer producing method includes a separation start point forming step of setting the focal point of a laser beam to the inside of the ingot at a predetermined depth from the upper surface of the ingot, which depth corresponds to the thickness of the wafer to be produced, and next applying the laser beam to the upper surface of the ingot while relatively moving the focal point and the ingot to thereby form a modified layer parallel to the upper surface of the ingot and cracks extending from the modified layer, thus forming a separation start point. A plate-shaped member having a thickness corresponding to the thickness of the wafer is separated from the ingot at the separation start point after performing the separation start point forming step, thus producing the wafer from the ingot. | 06-09-2016 |
20160158883 | WAFER PRODUCING METHOD - A wafer producing method for producing a hexagonal single crystal wafer from a hexagonal single crystal ingot is disclosed. The wafer producing method includes a separation start point forming step of forming a modified layer parallel to the upper surface of the ingot and cracks extending from the modified layer to thereby form a separation start point in the ingot. The separation start point forming step includes a first separation start point forming step of setting the focal point of a laser beam at a first depth which is N times (N is an integer not less than 2) the depth corresponding to the thickness of the wafer from the upper surface of the ingot and next applying the laser beam to the ingot to thereby form a first separation start point composed of a first modified layer and first cracks extending therefrom. | 06-09-2016 |
20160158892 | WAFER PRODUCING METHOD - A wafer producing method produces a hexagonal single crystal wafer from a hexagonal single crystal ingot. The method includes a separation start point forming step of setting the focal point of a laser beam to the inside of the ingot at a predetermined depth from the upper surface of the ingot, which depth corresponds to the thickness of the wafer to be produced, and next applying the laser beam to the upper surface of the ingot while relatively moving the focal point and the ingot to thereby form a modified layer parallel to the upper surface of the ingot and cracks extending from the modified layer, thus forming a separation start point. The separation start point forming step includes an indexing step of relatively moving the focal point in a direction of formation of an off angle to thereby index the focal point by a predetermined index amount. | 06-09-2016 |
125230020 | Roller-type cutter | 5 |
20090145416 | ADAPTABLE TILE-CUTTER APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING DISPARATELY-SIZED TILES - This invention is related to an adaptable tile-cutter apparatus for scoring and breaking disparately-sized tiles. The apparatus broadly includes: a pair of end castings removably; a rigid crossbeam and a travel rail spanning the pair of end castings; vertical-adjustment mechanisms mounted to the travel rail; one or more platform assemblies each coupled to the rigid crossbeam; and a cutting mechanism slidably engaged to the travel rail. The vertical-adjustment mechanisms individually adjust a height of the travel rail with respect to the pair of end castings. In addition, the rigid crossbeam and the travel rail comprise a first matched set, and are each removably coupled to the pair of end castings. Accordingly, a second matched set that includes another rigid crossbeam and another travel rail possessing lengths at variance with the rigid crossbeam and the travel rail of the first matched set may be interchanged therewith. | 06-11-2009 |
20110023859 | Manual Ceramics Cutter - The invention relates to a cutter including: a base ( | 02-03-2011 |
20110197870 | Base For Supporting Tiles To Be Cut, A Kit and A Method For Adapting A Manual Tile-cutting Machine - The invention relates to a base ( | 08-18-2011 |
20140165989 | BLADE FOR A CUTTING TOOL OF A CERAMIC CUTTING MACHINE | 06-19-2014 |
20160052170 | TILE CUTTER - A tile cutter having a base frame with a base plate and a guide which is disposed above the base plate and along which a slide carrying a cutting tool is displaceable in order to produce a score on the surface of a tile resting on the base plate, and having a breaker jaw device which is gear-coupled to the slide and is lowered onto the surface of the tile in the end phase of the displacement of the slide in order to break the tile along the score. The breaker jaw device and the slide interact with one another via a control flank arrangement in order to lower the breaker jaw device. | 02-25-2016 |