Apparatus and method for impressing patterns in a slip-formed concrete wall

A method for continuously impressing a pattern into a slip-formed concrete wall, comprising:

• continuously slip-forming a concrete wall, the concrete wall having opposing side walls and a top wall, said top wall spanning a transverse distance between said opposing side walls;
• partially depressing a first patterned surface into a first exposed surface of one of said opposing side walls;
• advancing said first patterned surface along said concrete wall to impress successive portions of said first exposed surface with the first patterned surface as the wall is formed.

A method for impressing a pattern into a concrete wall emerging from a slip-form, the concrete wall having parallel opposing side walls and a top wall, said top wall spanning a transverse distance between said opposing side walls, comprising:

• partially depressing a first patterned surface into a first exposed surface of one of said opposing side walls emerging from the slip-form;
• and
• advancing said first patterned surface along said concrete wall to impress successive portions of said first exposed surface with the first patterned surface.

A method for impressing a pattern into a concrete wall emerging from a slip-form, the concrete wall having parallel opposing side walls and a top wall, said top wall spanning a transverse distance between said opposing side walls, comprising:

• continuously impressing a three-dimensional pattern into successive portions of a first exposed surface of one of said opposing side walls emerging from the slip-form;
• and
• engaging a second exposed surface opposite the first exposed surface while the first exposed surface is impressed with the three-dimensional pattern.