Agitator grid with adjustable restrictor elements for concrete block machine
AssigneeNess Inventions, Inc.
InventorJeffrey A. Ness
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Abstract
A feedbox for use in an automated dry-cast concrete block machine, including an agitator grid having a plurality of parallel agitator elements disposed parallel to a bottom of the feedbox, a plurality of prongs extending downward toward the bottom of the feedbox from each of the parallel agitator elements, and one or more restrictor elements slideably coupled with a coupling mechanism to one or more of the plurality of prongs which can be slideably adjusted along a length of the one or more prongs.
Claims15
A feedbox for use in an automated dry-cast concrete block machine, comprising:
- an agitator grid having a plurality of parallel agitator elements disposed parallel to a bottom of the feedbox;
- a plurality of prongs extending downward toward the bottom of the feedbox from each of the parallel agitator elements;
- and
- one or more restrictor elements slideably coupled with a coupling mechanism to one or more of the plurality of prongs which can be slideably adjusted along a length of the one or more prongs.
An agitator grid for use with a feedbox drawer of an automated dry-cast concrete block machine, the agitator grid comprising:
- a framework of elements including one or more agitator bars;
- a plurality of prongs extending perpendicularly in a same direction from each of the one or more agitator bars;
- and
- one or more restrictor elements adjustably coupled with a coupling mechanism to one or more prongs of one or more of the agitator bars, wherein the restrictor elements can be slideably adjusted along a length of the one or more prongs.
An automated dry-cast concrete block machine including:
- a feedbox for transporting dry-cast concrete between a hopper and a mold assembly, the feedbox including an agitator grid including:
- a plurality of agitator bars disposed parallel to a bottom of the feedbox;
- a plurality of prongs extending downward from each of the agitator bars toward the bottom of the feedbox;
- and
- one or more restrictor elements adjustably coupled with a coupling mechanism to one or more prongs of one or more of the agitator bars, wherein the restrictor elements can be slideably adjusted along a length of the one or more prongs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.