US 12,296,501 B2
System and method for manufacturing architectural blocks with stone-like appearance
Mat T. Nielson, Orem, UT (US)
Assigned to TUSCAN STONEWORX USA, LLC, Orem, UT (US)
Filed by TUSCAN STONEWORX USA, LLC, Orem, UT (US)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/144,591.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/340,342, filed on May 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0364825 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B32B 3/20 (2006.01); B28B 3/20 (2006.01); B28B 19/00 (2006.01); E04C 1/40 (2006.01); E04B 2/86 (2006.01)
CPC B28B 3/205 (2013.01) [B28B 19/0053 (2013.01); E04C 1/40 (2013.01); E04B 2/86 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for applying a plaster composition to a block substrate, the apparatus comprising:
a manifold configured to receive and apply a fresh plaster composition to the block substrate;
a pressurized delivery hose or conduit connected to a top of the manifold and configured to deliver the fresh plaster composition to the manifold;
a mold connected to the manifold, the mold comprising a channel configured to receive the block substrate; and
a vibrating mechanism connected to the mold adjacent to the manifold,
wherein the channel is sized to leave a gap between an inside surface of the mold and at least one surface of the block substrate when the block substrate is received in the channel.