Patent ID: 8105067

Claim:
An apparatus for casting concrete products with a horizontal slipforming process, the apparatus comprising: at least one feed element for feeding a concrete mass through a limited cross section for forming a concrete product, comprising: at least one feed screw, and a bracket wheel comprising at least one bracket mounted downstream of the feed screw in the direction of the casting process, wherein said bracket wheel is connected fixedly to an end of the feed screw so that the bracket wheel rotates with the feed screw; a mass tank for feeding a concrete mass, disposed upstream of the feed screw; a feed chute for guiding the concrete mass to the feed screw, disposed upstream, and at the end of, the feed screw; a restricted cross-section disposed downstream of the bracket wheel, and comprising: a casting bed; two side walls; and a troweling beam; and a first driving device disposed to impart a rotating motion to the feed screw.