Tile Cutter Control Flank Timing Mechanism
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tile cutters lack efficient mechanisms for ensuring that the breaker jaw device lowers only after a complete score is created on the tile surface, leading to inconsistent cutting and potential damage.
Innovation Solution
The integration of a control flank arrangement between the breaker jaw device and the slide, utilizing a control chamfer and rollers to ensure the breaker jaw device lowers only after the cutting tool has completed its score, with adjustable lever arms and breaker jaws for precise positioning and force application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the breaker jaw device is lowered by a lever arrangement pivotably secured to the base frame, then the breaking action can be applied to the tile, but the mechanism becomes more complex and the timing control becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The control flank arrangement merges the lowering control of the breaker jaw device with the slide's displacement motion. The control member on the slide interacts with the control chamfer on the breaker jaw device, automatically controlling the lowering timing through the existing cutting motion without requiring a separate complex lever arrangement.
Solution Approach 2:
The slide itself serves the dual function of cutting the tile and controlling the lowering of the breaker jaw device. The control member on the slide automatically engages with the control chamfer during the slide's displacement, making the slide self-sufficient for both cutting and breaking control functions.
2Ease of operation
If the breaker jaw device is secured to the slide, then the breaking action timing is simplified, but the device structure becomes more complex and the breaking force application is less precise
Solution Approach 1:
The breaker jaw device is segmented from the slide structure, with the breaker jaws secured to a lever arrangement that is pivotably mounted to the base frame rather than being directly attached to the slide. This segmentation allows independent control of the breaking action while maintaining structural clarity.
Solution Approach 2:
The control flank arrangement acts as an intermediary mechanism between the slide and the breaker jaw device. The control member and control chamfer interface mediate the interaction, translating the slide's displacement into precise lowering control of the breaker jaws at the appropriate timing.
3Productivity
If the control member abuts against the control flank early, then the breaker jaw device lowers sooner, but the score may be incomplete leading to inconsistent cutting
Solution Approach 1:
The control member is positioned upstream of the cutting tool in the displacement direction, so that the control member abuts against the control flank only after the cutting tool has completely scored the tile. This preliminary positioning ensures the score is complete before the breaking action begins.
Solution Approach 2:
The control flank arrangement provides feedback-based timing control. The control member's engagement with the control chamfer is triggered by the completion of the scoring action, creating an automatic feedback mechanism that ensures the score is complete before initiating the breaking phase.
4Ease of manufacture
If the lever arrangement length is fixed, then the device structure is simpler, but the cutting angles and positioning are less adaptable
Solution Approach 1:
The lever arrangement is made adjustable in length, transforming from a fixed static structure to a dynamic configurable one. The lever arms can be repositioned along the guide rails to different locations, allowing the device to adapt to various cutting angles and tile sizes while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through standardized adjustment mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution ensures consistent and precise cutting by guaranteeing the breaker jaw device applies breaking force only after the score is complete, allowing for adjustable cutting angles and improved tile cutting accuracy.
Implementation Method 1
The control member, which is preferably formed by a pair of rollers. The breaker jaw device can have two breaker jaws which are secured to the base frame to be movable substantially only transverse to the displacement of the slide. Each of the two breaker jaws can have a control flank, thus, in particular a control chamfer.
Implementation Method 2
A roller can roll in each case along the inclined surface of the breaker jaws facing towards the guide in order to lower the breaker jaw so that the lower side thereof can exert a breaking force against the surface of the tile to be broken.
Implementation Method 3
The breaker jaws can be located on a lever arrangement that is pivotably secured to the base frame, wherein the lever arrangement can have two lever arms that run parallel to one another. The two lever arms are in particular secured to a support of the guide so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis.
Implementation Method 4
Breaker jaws, which are in particular wedge-shaped, are located at each of the free ends of the lever arms.
Implementation Method 5
a cutting tool formed as a cutting wheel... A score is cut into a tile resting on the base plate
Implementation Method 6
each of which applies pressure from above on one side of the score onto the surface of the tile in order to break it along the score
Implementation Method 7
the lower side thereof can exert a breaking force against the surface of the tile to be broken
Data Source
AI summary
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.