(19)
(11) EP 1 316 398 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.07.2004 Bulletin 2004/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.06.2003 Bulletin 2003/23

(21) Application number: 02025907.3

(22) Date of filing: 20.11.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B28D 1/08, B28D 1/00, B28D 1/12
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 30.11.2001 IT SV20010046

(71) Applicant: Benetti Impianti S.r.l.
54033 Carrara (MS) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Enrico, Benetti
    54033 Carrara (MS) (IT)

(74) Representative: Karaghiosoff, Giorgio Alessandro, Dr. 
Studio Karaghiosoff e Frizzi S.a.S., Via Pecorile 25
17015 Celle Ligure (SV)
17015 Celle Ligure (SV) (IT)

   


(54) Apparatus for cutting thin slabs or slices from thicker quarry stone slabs, and method for making panels covered with said slices


(57) The invention relates to an apparatus for cutting stones, such as marbles, granites or the like, and particularly for cutting thin slabs or slices from thicker slabs (3), comprising at least one cutting device (7, 8) having at least one endless flexible diamond impregnated tool (8). In the apparatus of the invention, said cutting device (7, 8) is oriented along a horizontal or substantially horizontal cutting plane, the slab to be cut (3) being itself oriented along a horizontal plane, and there being provided means (4) for relative displacement of the cutting device (7, 8) and the slab (3) to be sliced in the forward cutting direction into the slab (3). The invention also relates to a method for making laminate panels having at least one substrate layer and at least one covering layer joined together, the covering layer consisting of a thin slab or slice made of a stony material, and fabricated by the apparatus of the invention.






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