Process and apparatus for forming concrete
AssigneeInternational Design Systems Company
InventorDerek Roming
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Abstract
A lighweight embossing tool for patterning an impressionable surface material, for example freshly poured concrete, comprising a one-man rectangular weight-supporting platform having essentially flat top, bottom and side portions, a centrally located opening formed on the top surface of the platform adapted to receive a shaft, the bottom surface of said platform having rigidly connected thereto a plurality of blades arranged within the perimeter of the platform bottom in a predetermined pattern. The design of the tool is such that the weight of a man standing on both feet on the platform and straddling the centrally located opening is substantially evenly distributed along the blades.
Claims6
A lightweight embossing tool for patterning an impressionable surface material comprising a rectangular weight-supporting platform formed with weight-distributing means and having an essentially flat top, bottom and side portions, a centrally located opening formed on the top surface thereof and adapted to receive a shaft, said platform having dimensions of not less than twelve inches by twelve inches or greater than eighteen inches by eighteen inches;
- the bottom surface of said platform having rigidly connected thereto a plurality of blades arranged within the perimeter of the bottom of said platform in a predetermined pattern, whereby the bottom of the platform portion limits the depth to which the blades penetrate the impressionable surface, the total number of lineal inches of blade being between thirty and one hundred and fifty.
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