Interconnect support plunger for concrete block forming shoe
AssigneeColumbia Machine, Inc.
InventorJosef Ott
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Abstract
In a head assembly for use on a concrete products forming machine (CPM), a framework is configured to be secured to a vertically displaceable compression beam on the CPM. An array of shoes are sized to be fully received within complimentary mold cavities within a mold box of the CPM. An array of plungers are interposed between the framework and array of shoes, with at least a plurality of the plungers of the array secured at one end to the framework and at another end to a single one of the array of shoes. The plurality of plungers are configured with a C-shaped webbing comprised of upper and lower substantially parallel flange pieces connected via a structural upright forming an outside right-angle edge with each of the upper and lower flange pieces.
Claims16
A head assembly for use on a concrete products forming machine (CPM) comprising:
- a framework configured to be secured to a vertically displaceable compression beam on a CPM;
- an array of shoes sized to be fully received within complimentary mold cavities within a mold box of the CPM;
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- an array of plungers interposed between the framework and array of shoes, with at least a plurality of the plungers of the array secured at one end to the framework and at another end to a single one of the array of shoes,
- wherein the plurality of plungers are configured with a C-shaped webbing comprised of upper and lower substantially parallel flange pieces connected via a structural upright forming an outside right-angle edge with each of the upper and lower flange pieces.
A plunger for use between a shoe and framework in a concrete products forming machine, the plunger comprising:
- a C-shaped webbing comprised of upper and lower substantially parallel flange pieces connected via a structural upright forming an outside right-angle corner with each of the upper and lower flange pieces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.