Tile Cutter Worktable Assembly with Sliding Insertion Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tile cutting machines face issues with supporting large tiles, leading to potential breakage during cutting due to empty unsupported areas between the worktable components.
Innovation Solution
A worktable assembly with a first table and a second table, where the second table has an insertion member that can move between a retracted and expanded position, providing additional support by extending into a slot on the first table, thus preventing empty unsupported areas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the second table body is moved to a position separated away from the first table body to expand the worktable area, then the worktable area is increased, but empty unsupported areas are formed between the tables causing tile breakage
Solution Approach 1:
The worktable is divided into a first table body and a second table body that can move independently relative to each other. The second table body can be separated from the first table body to expand the overall worktable area, while the slot and insertion member mechanism ensures continuous support is maintained in the gap region, thus resolving the contradiction between expanding area and maintaining support reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The slot and insertion member act as an intermediary support structure between the first and second table bodies. When the second table body is separated, the insertion member extends into the slot to provide continuous support, preventing tile breakage in the previously empty gap area while allowing the tables to remain separated for expanded workspace.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the second table body is moved away from the first table body to support larger tiles, then the adaptability for different tile sizes is improved, but the structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The worktable structure is made dynamic by allowing the second table body to move between a retracted position (adjacent to the first table body) and an expanded position (separated from the first table body). This dynamic configuration enables the worktable to adapt to different tile sizes while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure through the use of the slot and insertion member mechanism.
Data Source
AI summary
A worktable assembly for tile cutter includes a first table having a first surface and a slot recessed on the first surface and extending along a processing axis, and a second table installed in the first table and including a main body and an insertion member protruding from the main body along the processing axis and extending into the slot and having an insertion surface flush with the first surface. The second table can move relative to the first table along the processing axis, so that the main body is close to or far from the first table. The present invention provides better support through the cooperation of the slot and the insertion member and helps prevent the tile from breaking during processing.