Apparatus for treating concrete blocks
AssigneeGroupe Permacon Inc.
InventorsBertin Castonguay, Eric Milot, Jean-Pierre Perreault, Jocelyn Caux
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Abstract
An apparatus for treating selected at least partial surfaces of a masonry block, including at least a flail having a shaft with an axis of rotation in a vertical plane, at least a moving mechanism for moving one of the masonry blocks parallel to the vertical plane and the flail, mechanism for holding the masonry blocks with the selected surface to be treated at a distance from the shaft to be impacted by the flail.
Claims20
An apparatus for treating a partial surface of a masonry block, comprising:
- a flail having a shaft with an axis of rotation in a vertical plane;
- moving means for moving the masonry block past the flail;
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- means for holding the masonry block with the partial surface to be treated at a distance from the shaft to be impacted by the flail.
An apparatus for treating a selected surface of a masonry block, comprising:
- a flail having a shaft with an axis of rotation in a vertical plane;
- a conveyor, wherein the conveyor transports said masonry block past the flail;
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- means for clamping the masonry block to the conveyor with the selected surface to be treated at a distance from the shaft to be impacted by the flail as the masonry block advances with the conveyor past the flail.
An apparatus for treating a surface of a masonry block, comprising:
- a flail having a shaft with an axis of rotation;
- a conveyor, wherein the conveyor allows the moving of the masonry block past the flail;
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- a guide, wherein the guide aids in holding the masonry block with the surface to be treated at a distance from the shaft to be impacted by the flail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.