CA2463406C - Apparatus for roughing edges of concrete casted blocks - Google Patents
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Abstract
An apparatus for roughing edges of solid concrete casted blocks that includes a block support conveyor for supporting and conveying a series of blocks and at least one roughing device disposed .at a given distance from a block to be roughened; the device includes at least one impacting arm having a first end connected to a drive shaft having an axis and a second end connected to an impacting element; the shaft is connected to a drive element allowing the shaft to define an arcuate reciprocating motion causing the impacting element to impact the block and to crumble concrete from an edge of the block. The arm impacts the edge at an angle of about 45° relative to the axis of the drive shaft.
Description
TITLE OF THE INVENTION
APPARATUS FOR ROUGHING EDGES OF CONCRETE CASTED BLOCKS
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to casted concrete blocks, and more particularly, to an apparatus for roughing blocks to give them a worn or rough appearance.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Casted concrete blocks have a rectangular configuration in which the surfaces are substantially planar with adjacent surfaces delimited by sharp edges.
It has been known to treat the concrete blocks in order to get a more natural rough look which is typical of an authentic stone block.
Various apparatuses have been devised in order to provide this rough surface appearance to concrete casted blocks. For example, US patent No. 6,561,786 issued May 13, 2003 and US patent No. 6,575,727 issued June 10, 2003, both in the name of Techo-Bloc Inc. describe an apparatus for roughing surfaces of concrete casted blocks wherein the surfaces to be roughened are impacted by means of chain links attached to a disk rotatably driven by a drive shaft.
Means are provided to mount the blocks so that the chain links may abrade the edges of the blocks. Another apparatus is described in US patent 6,109,906 to Castonguay et al. for treating concrete blocks and includes flails mounted to a drive shaft which is adapted to rotate in opposite directions provide a balanced distribution of impacts at the corners of the blocks.
It has been found that the devices described in the prior art provide, through a chiseling effect, an abrasion of the edges of the blocks causing them to burst.
OBJECTS AND STATEMENT OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to overcome the above problem associated with the present method of roughing edges of solid concrete casted blocks.
APPARATUS FOR ROUGHING EDGES OF CONCRETE CASTED BLOCKS
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to casted concrete blocks, and more particularly, to an apparatus for roughing blocks to give them a worn or rough appearance.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Casted concrete blocks have a rectangular configuration in which the surfaces are substantially planar with adjacent surfaces delimited by sharp edges.
It has been known to treat the concrete blocks in order to get a more natural rough look which is typical of an authentic stone block.
Various apparatuses have been devised in order to provide this rough surface appearance to concrete casted blocks. For example, US patent No. 6,561,786 issued May 13, 2003 and US patent No. 6,575,727 issued June 10, 2003, both in the name of Techo-Bloc Inc. describe an apparatus for roughing surfaces of concrete casted blocks wherein the surfaces to be roughened are impacted by means of chain links attached to a disk rotatably driven by a drive shaft.
Means are provided to mount the blocks so that the chain links may abrade the edges of the blocks. Another apparatus is described in US patent 6,109,906 to Castonguay et al. for treating concrete blocks and includes flails mounted to a drive shaft which is adapted to rotate in opposite directions provide a balanced distribution of impacts at the corners of the blocks.
It has been found that the devices described in the prior art provide, through a chiseling effect, an abrasion of the edges of the blocks causing them to burst.
OBJECTS AND STATEMENT OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to overcome the above problem associated with the present method of roughing edges of solid concrete casted blocks.
This is achieved by exert a crumbling effect along the edges thus providing them with a rounded appearance. This is achieved by impacting the edges at an angle of about 45 .
The present invention therefore provides an apparatus for roughing edges of solid concrete casted blocks which comprises:
a block support conveyor for supporting and conveying a series of blocks;
at least one roughing device disposed at a given distance from a block to be roughened; the device including at least one rigid impacting arm having one end connected to a drive shaft, having an axis, and an opposite end connected to an impacting element; the shaft is connected to drive means allowing the shaft to define an arcuate reciprocating motion causing the impacting element to impact the block and to crumble concrete from the edge of the block; the rigid arm impacting the edge at an angle of about 45 relative to the axis of the drive shaft;
and means securing the block during impact.
In one form of the invention, the roughing device is formed of a series of impacting arms adjacently disposed to one another.
In another form of the invention, the roughing device includes a second series of impacting arms disposed adjacently to one another and mounted to the shaft at about 90 relative to the first series of impacting arms.
In a further embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a second drive shaft which is parallel to the axis of the first drive shaft and which includes one or more roughing devices as described above.
Other objects and further statement of the invention will be evident from the description given hereinafter.
The present invention therefore provides an apparatus for roughing edges of solid concrete casted blocks which comprises:
a block support conveyor for supporting and conveying a series of blocks;
at least one roughing device disposed at a given distance from a block to be roughened; the device including at least one rigid impacting arm having one end connected to a drive shaft, having an axis, and an opposite end connected to an impacting element; the shaft is connected to drive means allowing the shaft to define an arcuate reciprocating motion causing the impacting element to impact the block and to crumble concrete from the edge of the block; the rigid arm impacting the edge at an angle of about 45 relative to the axis of the drive shaft;
and means securing the block during impact.
In one form of the invention, the roughing device is formed of a series of impacting arms adjacently disposed to one another.
In another form of the invention, the roughing device includes a second series of impacting arms disposed adjacently to one another and mounted to the shaft at about 90 relative to the first series of impacting arms.
In a further embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a second drive shaft which is parallel to the axis of the first drive shaft and which includes one or more roughing devices as described above.
Other objects and further statement of the invention will be evident from the description given hereinafter.
IN THE DRAWINGS:
Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of one embodiment of an apparatus made in accordance with the present invention;
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 2-2 of figure 1; and Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 3-3 of figure 1.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS:
Referring to figure 1, there is shown an apparatus, roughing edges of solid concrete casted blocks (four being shown as Al, A2, 131 and B2).
After having being split to form individual blocks, the latter are supported and conveyed on two conveyors C and D disposed parallel to one another. In the space between the two conveyors are mounted a series of roughing devices.
A first roughing device comprises a motor M1 adapted to drive a shaft S1 on which is mounted a series of impacting arms (six being shown as 10), each displaying at its free end an impacting element 12 so disposed as to contact the edge E1 of block Al at a 45 angle.
A second series of impacting arms 14 is disposed at about a 90 angle relative to the arms 10. Arms 14 are mounted to the shaft S1 and are adapted to contact by means of their impacting elements 16 the upper edge E2 on the block B1. Motor M1 is adapted to provide a reciprocating motion of the shaft S1 and of the arms 10 and 14.
In another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a second motor M2 driving shaft S2 to which is mounted, on one side, a series of impacting arms 18 with their respective impacting elements 20 which contact the lower edge E3 of block B2. On the other side of shaft S2, a series of impacting arms 22 is mounted, each arm having an impacting element 24 to contact the lower edge E4 of block A2.
Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of one embodiment of an apparatus made in accordance with the present invention;
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 2-2 of figure 1; and Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 3-3 of figure 1.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS:
Referring to figure 1, there is shown an apparatus, roughing edges of solid concrete casted blocks (four being shown as Al, A2, 131 and B2).
After having being split to form individual blocks, the latter are supported and conveyed on two conveyors C and D disposed parallel to one another. In the space between the two conveyors are mounted a series of roughing devices.
A first roughing device comprises a motor M1 adapted to drive a shaft S1 on which is mounted a series of impacting arms (six being shown as 10), each displaying at its free end an impacting element 12 so disposed as to contact the edge E1 of block Al at a 45 angle.
A second series of impacting arms 14 is disposed at about a 90 angle relative to the arms 10. Arms 14 are mounted to the shaft S1 and are adapted to contact by means of their impacting elements 16 the upper edge E2 on the block B1. Motor M1 is adapted to provide a reciprocating motion of the shaft S1 and of the arms 10 and 14.
In another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a second motor M2 driving shaft S2 to which is mounted, on one side, a series of impacting arms 18 with their respective impacting elements 20 which contact the lower edge E3 of block B2. On the other side of shaft S2, a series of impacting arms 22 is mounted, each arm having an impacting element 24 to contact the lower edge E4 of block A2.
As shown in figures 2 and 3, the apparatus of the present invention comprises securing means 30, 32, 34 and 36 each consisting of a cylinder 30A and of a rubber rubber 30B to secure the blocks during the impact operation.
One suitable impacting element is one made of an impact resistant material, such as metal, and has a cylindrical shape.
Although the shaft arrangements illustrated in the drawings are longitudinally spaced from one another in the space between the conveyors, it is foreseen that some arrangement could be provided to have a single shaft with four sets of roughening devices 10-12, 14-16, 18-20 and 22-24 mounted thereon at 90 relative to one another or to have the two shafts S1 and S2 parallel to one another so that the upper and lower edges could be roughened simultaneously.
Also, there are various ways to present the blocks for the roughening operation;
for example, means could be provided to lift them to a roughening position.
However, such mechanisms do not form part of the present invention.
One suitable impacting element is one made of an impact resistant material, such as metal, and has a cylindrical shape.
Although the shaft arrangements illustrated in the drawings are longitudinally spaced from one another in the space between the conveyors, it is foreseen that some arrangement could be provided to have a single shaft with four sets of roughening devices 10-12, 14-16, 18-20 and 22-24 mounted thereon at 90 relative to one another or to have the two shafts S1 and S2 parallel to one another so that the upper and lower edges could be roughened simultaneously.
Also, there are various ways to present the blocks for the roughening operation;
for example, means could be provided to lift them to a roughening position.
However, such mechanisms do not form part of the present invention.
Claims (11)
1. An apparatus for roughing edges of solid concrete casted blocks comprising:
a block support conveyor for supporting and conveying a series of blocks;
at least one roughing device disposed at a given distance from a block to be roughened; said device including at least one impacting arm having a first end connected to a drive shaft having an axis and a second end connected to an impacting element; said shaft being connected to drive means allowing said shaft to define an arcuate reciprocating motion causing said impacting element to impact said block and to crumble concrete from an edge of said block; said at least one impacting arm configured to impact said edge at an angle of about 45° relative to the axis of said drive shaft; and means securing said block during impact.
a block support conveyor for supporting and conveying a series of blocks;
at least one roughing device disposed at a given distance from a block to be roughened; said device including at least one impacting arm having a first end connected to a drive shaft having an axis and a second end connected to an impacting element; said shaft being connected to drive means allowing said shaft to define an arcuate reciprocating motion causing said impacting element to impact said block and to crumble concrete from an edge of said block; said at least one impacting arm configured to impact said edge at an angle of about 45° relative to the axis of said drive shaft; and means securing said block during impact.
2. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said at least one roughing device includes a first series of impacting arms adjacently disposed to one another and mounted on said shaft to crumble said block at different locations along said edge thereof.
3. The apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein said at least one roughing device includes a second series of impacting arms disposed adjacently to one another and mounted on said shaft at about 90° relative to said first series of impacting arms;
said apparatus further including a second block support for supporting and conveying a second block.
said apparatus further including a second block support for supporting and conveying a second block.
4. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising a second drive shaft having an axis parallel to the axis of said first drive shaft and including at least one second roughing device having at least one rigid arm having a first end connected to said second drive shaft and a second end connected to an impacting element;
said second drive shaft being connected to second drive means allowing said second drive shaft to define an accurate reciprocating motion causing said impacting element to impact said block and to crumble concrete from another edge of said block.
said second drive shaft being connected to second drive means allowing said second drive shaft to define an accurate reciprocating motion causing said impacting element to impact said block and to crumble concrete from another edge of said block.
5. The apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein said roughing device on said second drive shaft includes a first series of said impacting arms adjacently disposed to one another and mounted on said shaft to crumble said block at different locations along said other edge thereof.
6. The apparatus as defined in claim 5, wherein said second roughing device on said second drive shaft includes a second series of impacting arms disposed adjacently to one another and mounted on said second drive shaft at about 90° relative to said first series of impacting arms on said second drive shaft; said apparatus further including a second block support for supporting and conveying said block.
7. The apparatus as defined in any one of claims 4, 5 and 6 wherein said drive shafts are in a same vertical plane between said block support conveyors.
8. The apparatus as defined in any one of claims 4, 5 and 6 wherein said drive shafts are longitudinally spaced from one another between said block support conveyors.
9. The apparatus as defined in claim 3, wherein said at least one roughing device includes a third and a fourth series of said impacting arms disposed adjacently to one another and mounted on said shaft; said third and fourth series being disposed at a 90° angle relative to said first and second series so as to cause said impacting elements to impact said blocks mounted on two adjacent conveyor means and to crumble concrete from an opposite lower edge of said blocks.
10. The apparatus as defined in any one of claims 1 to 8 wherein said impacting element is made of an impact resistant material.
11. The apparatus as defined in claim 10, wherein said impact resistant material is a metal and has a cylindrical shape.
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