Ceramic composite
AssigneeShildan, Inc.
InventorMoshe Steinmetz
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Abstract
A composite ceramic element and method of firing clay or ceramic elements in a roller kiln, comprising the steps of passing a first ceramic element on rollers through the roller kiln, passing a second ceramic element on rollers through the roller kiln, and mating and securing the first and second ceramic elements together after passing each said ceramic element through the roller kiln.
Claims28
A method of firing clay or ceramic elements in a roller kiln, comprising the steps of
- separately extruding a pair of first and second ceramic elements to each have a plurality of protruding plateaus and adjacent recesses, with said protruding plateaus each in the shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped and adjacent recesses substantially in the same shape,
- passing the first ceramic element on rollers through the roller kiln,
- passing the second ceramic element on rollers through the roller kiln, and
- mating and securing the first and second ceramic elements together by interlocking the respective plateaus and recesses, after passing each said ceramic element through the roller kiln, such that a lateral edge defined by said interlocking plateaus and recesses being substantially flat, and
- said elements defining top, bottom, front, back and lateral surfaces when interlocked,
- with said front and back surfaces being substantially flat and parallel to one another, and said lateral surfaces being substantially flat and parallel to one another, to define a noncircular shape when said elements are interlocked.
A pair of clay or ceramic elements configured to mate and be secured together by interlocking in complementary fashion after being individually passed on rollers through a kiln,
- said elements each comprising a plurality of protruding plateaus each in the shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped and adjacent recesses substantially in the same shape,
- said elements configured to mate with respective plateaus and recesses of the other element when interlocking with one another,
- a lateral edge defined by said interlocking plateaus and recesses being substantially flat, and
- said elements defining top, bottom, front, back and lateral surfaces when interlocked,
- with said front and back surfaces being substantially flat and parallel to one another, and said lateral surfaces being substantially flat and parallel to one another, to define a noncircular shape when said elements are interlocked.
A pair of clay or ceramic elements configured to mate and be secured together in complementary fashion after being individually passed on rollers through a kiln, wherein
- the elements form a joint therebetween when secured together, which is formed at opposite lateral edges or corners on the same side of the elements, or the elements each have asymmetrically inclined surfaces opposite surfaces configured to mate with one another,
- one of said elements comprises four plateaus each in the shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped and having an opening therethrough, and
- the other of said elements comprises three plateaus each in the shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped and having an opening therethrough, and two protruding edges each in the shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped along opposite sides thereof.
A pair of clay or ceramic elements configured to mate and be secured together in complementary fashion after being individually passed on rollers through a kiln, wherein
- the elements have convex, substantially V-shaped or rippled or corrugated opposite surfaces when secured together,
- one of said elements comprises four plateaus each in the shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped and having an opening therethrough, and
- the other of said elements comprises three plateaus each in the shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped and having an opening therethrough, and two protruding edges each in the shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped along opposite sides thereof.
A pair of clay or ceramic elements configured to mate and be secured together by interlocking in complementary fashion after being individually passed on rollers through a kiln,
- said elements each comprising a plurality of protruding plateaus each in the shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped and adjacent recesses substantially in the same shape,
- said elements configured to mate with respective plateaus and recesses of the other element when interlocking with one another, and
- a lateral edge defined by said interlocking plateaus and recesses being substantially flat, wherein
- said elements each comprise a protruding edge along one side thereof, and
- said protruding edges extending to different length from one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.