Building block face enhancement apparatus
OwnerThomas D. Younginventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for enhancing the face of a masonry building block including a frame for supporting a conveyer belt, three cutting tools, rollers for constraining the building block and a water system for spraying the cutting tools and the building block. The cutting tools each have a rotatable horizontally disposed disk containing a plurality of synthetic diamond cutting segments. The disk is mounted to a vertically disposed shaft which in turn is mounted within a housing. There are threads on the outside of the housing which mate with a horizontal plate to allow the disk to be vertically positioned relative to the block. A locking nut is placed around the housing.
Claims9
A face enhancing apparatus for masonry building blocks comprising:
- a conveyer system for transporting masonry building blocks along a predetermined path;
- a frame for supporting said conveyer system at a convenient height and for supporting other elements of the apparatus;
- a first spring biased element mounted to said frame for applying a downward force on a block being transported by said conveyer system;
- a plurality of cutting disks adjustably mounted to said frame for removing a predetermined amount of material from a face of a block being transported by said conveyor system passed said disks;
- a housing for each of said plurality of cutting disks for supporting said disks and for providing that the disks are adjustable in a vertical direction, each of said housings having a generally cylindrical shape with an outer surface having an external screw thread;
- said frame including a plate positioned in a generally horizontal plane and having an opening for each of said housings for each of said plurality of disks, each of said openings being surrounded by a threaded surface where said threads of each of said surfaces correspond to the threads of each of said housings;
- a lock nut for each of said housings with an inner surface having a thread corresponding to the screw thread on the housing for restraining rotation of said housing when in a locking position and for allowing rotation of said housing to provide for vertical adjustment when in a non-locking position;
- a second spring biased element mounted to said frame for applying lateral forces on a block being transported by said conveyer system for restraining said block when it is moved passed said cutting disks;
- motor means connected to each of said disks for causing said disks to rotate, and connected to said conveyer system for causing said conveyer system to move said blocks;
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- a tube connected to said frame for directing a liquid to the regions of contact between said plurality of disks and said blocks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.