Patent ID: 11883979
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. An apparatus comprising:
a tool device configured to be used in the manufacturing of engineered stone slabs; and
wherein the tool device is configured to travel in an x-y plane in order to create a physically disrupted region in a mixture of aggregate minerals; and
wherein the tool device has a mechanism which is configured to vary a width of the physically disrupted region of the mixture while traveling in the x-y plane;
wherein
the tool device is a stirring device having one or more prongs;
wherein the one or more prongs are configured to rotate to disrupt the mixture while the tool device travels in the x-y plane in the mixture to thereby create the physically disrupted region in the mixture;
wherein the one or more prongs include a first prong;
wherein the tool device is configured to rotate about a first axis of rotation;
and wherein a distance between the first prong and the first axis of rotation is configured to be adjustable in real time during operation of the tool device to thereby adjust the width of the physically disrupted region.