Dual Angle Guide for Ceramic Cutting Machines

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Solution Overview

Problem

Manual ceramic cutting machines are limited in making precise cuts at different angles due to restricted rotational positioning, allowing cuts only in one direction, which hinders flexibility and accuracy in the construction industry.

Innovation Solution

A ceramic cutting machine with a dual angle guide system, featuring a stop element and latch element that connects to positioning elements, enabling rotation in both clockwise and anti-clockwise directions, allowing for precise cuts at various angles without limitations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a fixed stop is used to support the ceramic piece, then a 90° support is always available, but cuts at different angles are not possible

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesupport stabilityVSAvoidcutting angle flexibility

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The positioning element is made rotatable relative to the stop element, transforming the fixed support system into a dynamic one that can adapt to different cutting angles while maintaining stable support through the latch mechanism

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If mobile or guide stops are used to enable cuts at different angles, then angle versatility is improved, but the ceramic piece may fall outside the scribe range when established degrees are exceeded

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecutting angle flexibilityVSAvoidcutting precision

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The guiding system is segmented into a stop element and a rotatable positioning element, allowing the ceramic piece to be repositioned along the stop element's length while the positioning element rotates to different angles, ensuring the piece remains within scribe range

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Adaptability or versatility

If a dual angle guide system with rotatable positioning element is implemented, then cuts at any angle in both clockwise and anti-clockwise directions are enabled, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecutting angle flexibilityVSAvoidguide system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The positioning element is nested within the stop element structure, with the latch element providing a compact connection mechanism that integrates both components efficiently, minimizing space requirements and structural complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Data Source

PatentEP3103607B1Ceramic cutting machine with dual angle guide

Publication Date: 2019.06.05 BELLOTA HERRAMIENTAS SA

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AI summary

A dual angle guide (3) for ceramic cutting machines (1), comprising a base (16) for the dual guide, upon which the following are located: a first positioning element (4) and a second positioning element (5), which rotate in both a clockwise and anti-clockwise direction, being regulable in order to facilitate the scoring and cutting of a ceramic piece (10) at various angles; a calibrated sector (9) with fixed angles for each positioning element (4, 5); a first fixed stop (11) and a second fixed stop (12), which locate the positioning elements (4, 5) at a chosen angle on the calibrated sector (9) and; rotation elements (13), for rotating the positioning elements (4, 5), in such a way that the positioning elements (4, 5) make it possible to make cuts in the ceramic piece (10) at different angles, said cuts being made by means of a cutting tool mounted to a sliding carriage (6).