Block press equipment having translating fluid injection apparatus and method of forming building blocks using same
OwnerSteve Eugene Everettinventor
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Abstract
A block press apparatus provides operations for forming a building block. An operation is performed for depositing a quantity of article-forming media within a media receiving cavity of article forming equipment. After depositing at least a portion of the article-forming media within the media receiving cavity, an operation performed for depositing a volume of a prescribed fluid into the media receiving cavity. Depositing the prescribed fluid includes moving a first fluid delivery device through the quantity of the article-forming media while injecting the prescribed fluid through the first fluid delivery device into the quantity of the article-forming media.
Claims7
Block fabricating equipment, comprising:
- a compression case;
- two compression bodies slideably disposed within a compression body receiving passage of the compression body;
- and
- a fluid delivery mechanism within a first one of said compression bodies, wherein a first fluid delivery device of the fluid delivery mechanism is extendable through a delivery device receiving opening within the media compressing face of the first one of said compression bodies and into a delivery device receiving opening within the media compressing face of a second one of said compression bodies and wherein the first fluid delivery device has a substantially straight longitudinal axis extending substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the compression body receiving passage;
- wherein a media receiving cavity is jointly formed by a media compressing face of each one of said compression bodies and walls of the compression case defining the compression body receiving passage;
- wherein the compression case and said compression bodies are jointly configured for allowing a quantity of article-forming media to be deposited within the media receiving cavity;
- wherein the first fluid delivery device is configured for depositing a volume of a prescribed fluid into the media receiving cavity after depositing at least a portion of said article-forming media within the media receiving cavity;
- wherein the first fluid delivery device is configured for being extended through the delivery device receiving opening within the media compressing face of the first one of said compression bodies and into the delivery device receiving opening within the media compressing face of the second one of said compression bodies during said depositing of the prescribed fluid;
- and
- wherein the first fluid delivery device is configured for being moved through the quantity of said article-forming media while injecting the prescribed fluid through the first fluid delivery device into the quantity of said article-forming media during said depositing of the prescribed fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.