Patent ID: 9492944
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: B28B,B30B

Claim Text:
1. A feedbox for a dry-cast concrete block machine, the feedbox comprising: an agitator grid positioned within the feedbox and having a plurality of agitator elements disposed parallel to a bottom of the feedbox; a plurality of prongs extending perpendicularly from the plurality of agitator elements downward toward the bottom of the feedbox; and one or more restrictor elements slideably coupled with a coupling mechanism to one or more of the plurality of prongs which can be slideably adjusted along a length of the one or more prongs, each restrictor element having a major surface extending perpendicularly to the prongs so as to be parallel to the bottom of the feedbox, the restrictor elements configured to adjust a volume of concrete disposed from corresponding areas of the feedbox.