Device and method for artificial aging of stones
AssigneeBaustoffwerke Gebhart & Soehne GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsHans Gebhart, Manfred Staehle
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Abstract
Device for the artificial aging of stones with at least an aging channel arranged on a support, a vibration device to set the support in motion, and a conveying device to move the stone through the aging channel. The aging channel has at least a first and a second impacting surface, which apply the aging effect to the stone. The aging channel comprises at least two sections, wherein the stone moves through a first section in a first feed direction and wherein a second section runs at an angle to the first section, so the stone is deflected in its feed direction to move into a second feed direction.
Claims21
A device for the artificial aging of stone blocks, in particular of concrete blocks, clinker bricks and natural stone blocks, comprising:
- (a) a base and at least one aging duct which is arranged on the base and on which the stone blocks can be laid in such a manner that a side face of the stone block, which is to be machined, is oriented toward the side, wherein the side face to be machined is delimited by a horizontally running stone-block lower edge, a horizontally running stone-block upper edge, a front vertically running stone-block edge and a rear vertically running stone-block edge,
- (b) a vibration unit for setting the base in motion;
- (c) wherein the aging duct has at least one first impact face and at least one second impact face, wherein the stone block, on account of the motion of the bases, impacts on the first and second impact faces in such a manner that the first and second impact faces act upon the stone block in an aging manner, wherein the first impact face is oriented toward the horizontally running stone-block lower edge and the second impact face is oriented toward the horizontally running stone-block upper edge and wherein the first and the second impact faces are arranged such that the first impact face also machines a part-face of the side face which adjoins the horizontally running stone-block lower edge and an adjoining part-face of a lower side of the stone block and the second impact face, in addition to the horizontally running stone-block upper edge, also machines adjoining part-faces of the side face and of the upper side of the stone block;
- (d) the aging duct having at least a first portion and a second portion;
- wherein the stone block passes through the first portion in a first indexing direction and wherein the second portion runs at an angle in relation to the first portion, such that the stone block is deflected from the first indexing direction to move in a second indexing direction;
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- (e) a conveying unit for conveying the stone block through the aging duct.
A method for the artificial aging of stone blocks, in particular of concrete blocks, clinker bricks and natural stone blocks,
- (a) passing the stone blocks through an aging duct which is arranged on a base and on which the stone blocks can be laid with a lower side in such a manner that a side face of the stone block, which is to be machined, is oriented toward the side, wherein the side face to be machined is delimited by a horizontally running stone-block lower edge, a horizontally running stone-block upper edge, a front vertically running stone-block edge and a rear vertically running stone-block edge,
- (b) causing the base to vibrate;
- (c) wherein the aging duct has at least one first and one second impact face;
- wherein the stone blocks, on account of the motion of the base, impact on the impact faces in such a manner that the impact faces act upon the stone block in an aging manner;
- wherein the first impact face is oriented toward the horizontally running stone-block lower edge and the second impact face is oriented toward the horizontally running stone-block upper edge and wherein the first and the second impact faces are arranged such that the first impact face also machines a part-face of the stone-block face which adjoins the horizontally running stone-block lower edge and an adjoining part-face of a lower side of the stone block and the second impact face, in addition to the horizontally running stone-block upper edge, also machines adjoining part-faces of the side faces and of the upper side of the stone block;
- (d) forcing the stone blocks which pass through the aging duct into at least one change of direction;
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- (e) conveying the stone blocks through the aging duct as a row of stone blocks in which a plurality of individual stone blocks are arranged behind one another in the indexing direction.
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