Form liner for visually enhanced concrete

• US 10,119,280 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2015
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advanced Formliners, LLC
• Original Assignee: Advanced Formliners, LLC
• Inventors: Calmes, Shane
• Primary Examiner(s): Safavi, Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/796,626
• Publication Number:
  US 20160010346A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,215 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 19/0007 for producing articles with exposed aggregate
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 19/0061 Means for arranging or fixing the tiles, bricks or the like in the mould
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 7/0073 with moulding surfaces simulating assembled bricks or blocks with mortar joints B28B7/007 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 7/362 specially for making moulded articles from concrete with exposed aggregate
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 7/364 of plastic material or rubber
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 9/10 with additional peculiarities such as surface shaping, insulating or heating, permeability to water or air

Abstract

In some embodiments, a cured panel is formed from a curable material and comprises at least one enhancing material applied to a surface of the panel or embedded in a surface of the panel. In some embodiments, a method comprises providing a form liner having an enhancing material oriented on or attached to the form liner, and then providing a curable material. In some embodiments, a method comprises providing a form liner having at least one cavity containing a curable mixture, and then providing a curable material.

Claims

1. A form liner comprising a plurality of cavities defined by a plurality of raised portions, at least one cavity comprising an enhancing material attached to a surface of said cavity, further comprising a protective film attached to said raised portions, wherein said film is water soluble or water dispersible.

2. The form liner of claim 1, wherein said enhancing material comprises polymer flakes.

3. The form liner of claim 1, wherein said enhancing material comprises glitter.

4. The form liner of claim 1, wherein said enhancing material comprises sand.

5. The form liner of claim 1, wherein said enhancing material comprises a material selected from a group consisting of stone granules, polymer flakes, glitter, sand and color pigment.

6. The form liner of claim 1, wherein said enhancing material comprises color pigment.

7. The form liner of claim 1, further comprising a curable mixture in at least one cavity.

8. The form liner of claim 7, wherein said curable mixture comprises cement.

9. A form liner comprising a plurality of cavities defined by a plurality of raised portions, a color pigment oriented in at least one of said cavities, further comprising a protective film, wherein said protective film is water soluble.

10. The form liner of claim 9, wherein said color pigment comprises a powder.

11. The form liner of claim 9, wherein said protective film is attached to said raised portions.

12. The form liner of claim 9, comprising a curable mixture that comprises said color pigment.

13. The form liner of claim 9, said color pigment comprising a first color pigment oriented in a first cavity, said form liner comprising a second color pigment oriented in a second cavity, said first color pigment having a different color from said second color pigment.

14. The form liner of claim 9, further comprising an enhancing material attached to a surface of at least one cavity.

15. The form liner of claim 9, said cavities arranged in a running bond pattern.