Patents by Inventor Abel Thiriet

Abel Thiriet has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5615665
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine for cutting tiles and comprising: a cutting member; a main abutment face of the stand suitable for coming into abutment against one of the sides of the tile; and a support mounted to slide perpendicularly to the cutting axis and supporting a first arm having a first face parallel to the cutting axis and suitable for bearing against the tile to be cut. A second arm is pivotally mounted on the first arm and includes a second bearing face for bearing against a tile to be cut, one of the two arms carrying an angular scale enabling the angle between the second face and the first face to be adjusted, and a device serves to lock relative pivoting between the two arms. The resulting tile cutting machine is versatile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Tomecanic
    Inventor: Abel Thiriet
  • Patent number: 5040521
    Abstract: This invention relates to a machine for cutting tiles, particularly sandstone ones, comprising: a guide rail; a cutting assembly mounted to move along said guide rail, guided by this guide rail and provided with a cutting tool; and a member for breaking the tile after scoring, which comprises two bearings flanges, which is mounted to be adjustable in position with respect to said cutting assembly and which may occupy two positions: a first position, in which the bearing flanges do not bear on the surface of the tile to be broken, and a second position in which, on the contrary, said bearing flanges are in contact with the surface of the tile to be broken, on either side of a longitudinal plane of the cutting assembly passing through the cutting tool and are in such abutment on the surface of the tile as to cause said tile to break. According to the invention, the breaking member is mounted on the cutting assembly itself. One application is the production of a machine making good-quality cuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: Tomecanic
    Inventors: Jean-Jacques Pourtau, Abel Thiriet
  • Patent number: 4829976
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting tool constituted by an elongated body having a first end and a second end, and being provided at each of these ends with means such as a screw thread for removably fixing a holding member or handle, and at its first end with a first cutting point.The second end is equipped with a second cutting point.The invention is applied to the production of a tool for cutting earthenware tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Tomecanic
    Inventors: Thierry Pourtau, Abel Thiriet