Patent ID: 6503558
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: E01C,E04G

Abstract:
A method for texturing a fluid surface of a setting, curing or otherwise solidifiable fluid comprising concrete or a mixture thereof with other construction materials, said method comprising the steps of:distributing aggregate material over the fluid surface before it is set, cured or otherwise solidified; thereafter moving a rotatable, powered striking roller having an elongate cylindrical rolling surface of over the fluid surface having the aggregate material thereon, with an elongate substantially cylindrical texturing portion of the roller surface maintained at a level above the fluid surface, to ensure only partial embedding of the aggregate material thereinto, in order to produce a textured finished surface of the fluid wherein the texturing portion of the roller surface is maintained at the level above the fluid surface by attachment of at least two guide portions to the striking roller, the guide portions supporting the texturing portion of the roller surface at the level above the fluid surface; and allowing the fluid to set, cure or otherwise solidify.