Method of forming concrete masonry blocks with external plates
AssigneeCCC Group, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Ray Farmer, Sr., James W. Pilcher
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Abstract
A method for forming a concrete masonry block having external plates. The external plates with anchors are indexed on pallets that are fed into concrete casting machines by proper location of the plates. Concrete mixture is deposited inside of a mold and compressed into the mold with anchors being located in the concrete material and having at least one external plate. Thereafter, the concrete masonry block with the external plate is removed from the mold and cured.
Claims5
A method of forming a concrete masonry block in a casting machine used to form concrete masonry blocks on supporting pallets including the steps of:
- positioning said supporting pallets inside said casting machine;
- receiving said supporting pallets inside a mold mounted in said casting machine;
- depositing mixed concrete inside said mold;
- compressing said mixed concrete inside said mold to form said concrete masonry block;
- removing said formed concrete masonry block from said mold;
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- curing said formed concrete masonry block,
- the improvement consisting of the following steps:
- indexing said supporting pallets that are to be fed into said casting machine;
- positioning at least one external plate with anchors on each of said supporting pallets, said supporting pallets having humps extending from a surface of each of said supporting pallets or depressed grooves extending into a surface of each of said supporting pallets, said positioning at least one external plate with anchors including securely abutting said at least one external plate against said humps in each of said supporting pallets or securely pushing said at least one external plate into said depressed grooves in each of said supporting pallets;
- receiving said at least one external plate and with anchors positioned on each of said supporting pallets inside a mold mounted in said casting machine;
- depositing mixed concrete inside said mold and around said anchors of said at least one external plate;
- compressing said mixed concrete inside said mold and around said anchors to form said concrete masonry block having said at least one external plate with said anchors on an external surface of said formed concrete masonry block and having said anchors embedded into said formed concrete masonry block.
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