Patent ID: 6464199
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: B28B,B28D

Abstract:
A mold for producing at least one masonry unit with a texture on at least one surface, the mold comprising:a) a plurality of side walls defining a mold cavity open at its top and bottom to allow masonry fill material to be introduced into the mold cavity by way of its open top and to discharge molded fill material in the form of a molded masonry unit by way of its open bottom; b) at least one surface texturing channel formed in the face of at least one of said side walls, said channel extending substantially across the entire face of said side wall in a direction not parallel to the direction of stripping of the mold, said channel having a height of less than about 0.75 inches and a depth of less than about 0.50 inches, and at least a portion of said channel is spaced from the top of said side wall in which it is formed by a distance that is more than about 40% of the distance from the top of said side wall to the bottom of said side wall; and c) said mold being further characterized by a ratio of the total projected area of said side wall provided with said channel to the total projected area of said channel being more than 2:1.