Patent ID: 7204470
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: B28B

Abstract:
1. A mold device for producing a textured-face masonry unit, comprising: a unitary wall structure member, defining, by enclosure, a cavity and interior surface of defined interior dimension, said cavity having an open base and open top, wherein masonry material is received through said open top and a molded masonry unit is discharged through said open base; a plurality of rib members of defined length and width attached to at least a portion of the interior surface of the mold cavity and extending inwardly a defined distance into the mold cavity from the interior surface and vertically extending between the base and the top of the structure member; a removable substantially planar rigid cover structure having an outer dimension conforming to and insertable within and substantially through the mold cavity, said conforming outer dimension further defining a plurality of indentations corresponding to the respective inwardly extensions of the plurality of rib members; an edge member of defined dimension affixed to the interior surface of the mold cavity at the base of the mold cavity extending from the interior surface into the mold cavity and extending along said base for at least the portion of the mold cavity upon which the plurality of rib members is attached; and a removable, generally planar rigid base support surface positioned proximate to the base of the mold structure and downwardly removable in correspondence with the discharge of a molded masonry unit, a plurality of exterior facing voids forming in the masonry material concurrent with its displacement along the interior surface and corresponding to the arrangement and location of said rib members, said edge member redirecting outermost portions of the material to fill at least a portion of the voids left by said rib members.