Concrete impression system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for producing a plurality of adjacent, parallel patterns on a malleable surface, the patterns being simulative of masonry such a bricks or cobblestones with mortar joints therebetween each pattern presenting opposed side edges, each pattern presenting opposed side edges, said apparats comprising:
- a roller presenting an outer, cylindrically shaped surface presenting opposed end portions;
a plurality of ridges, upstanding from said roller surface about the periphery thereof and defining an impression pattern thereon for impressing a corresponding simulated masonry pattern having simulated running joints extending continuously in generally parallel fashion along the pattern and having simulated header joints interposed between adjacent pairs of said running joints on a malleable surface, said ridges includinga plurality of spaced, generally parallel running ridges extending around said surface for impressing said running joints on the malleable surface, anda plurality of header ridges interposed between adjacent pairs of said running ridges and generally transverse thereto for impressing said simulated header joints on the malleable surface; and
structural means, including an upstanding end ridge extending around one of said roller surface end portions and presenting the other of said end portions with header ridges free of an end ridge, for producing a masonry pattern on a malleable surface presenting a running joint along one edge thereof and presenting the other pattern edge with header joints without a running joint therealong, and for producing a second adjacent parallel pattern with the running joint thereof also as the pattern edge running joint of said first pattern.
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Abstract
A system for imprinting a pattern on a malleable surface includes a roller (12) having a plurality of spaced running ridges (24) and spaced header ridges (26) defining an impression pattern on the roller surface (22) for impressing a corresponding simulated masonary pattern on a malleable surface such as concrete. The ridges (24,26) are configured to procue multiple, adjacent, simulated masonry patterns (80,86) so that adjacent patterns visually and aesthetically merge into one larger pattern.
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28 Claims
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1. An apparatus for producing a plurality of adjacent, parallel patterns on a malleable surface, the patterns being simulative of masonry such a bricks or cobblestones with mortar joints therebetween each pattern presenting opposed side edges, each pattern presenting opposed side edges, said apparats comprising:
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a roller presenting an outer, cylindrically shaped surface presenting opposed end portions; a plurality of ridges, upstanding from said roller surface about the periphery thereof and defining an impression pattern thereon for impressing a corresponding simulated masonry pattern having simulated running joints extending continuously in generally parallel fashion along the pattern and having simulated header joints interposed between adjacent pairs of said running joints on a malleable surface, said ridges including a plurality of spaced, generally parallel running ridges extending around said surface for impressing said running joints on the malleable surface, and a plurality of header ridges interposed between adjacent pairs of said running ridges and generally transverse thereto for impressing said simulated header joints on the malleable surface; and structural means, including an upstanding end ridge extending around one of said roller surface end portions and presenting the other of said end portions with header ridges free of an end ridge, for producing a masonry pattern on a malleable surface presenting a running joint along one edge thereof and presenting the other pattern edge with header joints without a running joint therealong, and for producing a second adjacent parallel pattern with the running joint thereof also as the pattern edge running joint of said first pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 28)
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21. A method of producing a pattern on a malleable surface, the pattern being simulative of masonry such as bricks or cobblestones with mortar joints therebetween, said method comprising the steps of:
providing a roller presenting an outer, cylindrically shaped surface presenting opposed end portions, and including a plurality of ridges, upstanding from said roller surface about the periphery thereof and defining an impression pattern thereon for impressing a corresponding simulated masonry pattern having simulated running joints extending continuously in generally parallel fashion along the pattern and having simulated header joints interposed between adjacent pairs of said running joints on a malleable surface, said ridges including a plurality of spaced, generally parallel running ridges extending continuously around said surface for impressing said running joints on the malleable surface, and a plurality of header ridges interposed between adjacent pairs of said running ridges and generally transverse thereto for impressing said simulated header joints on the malleable surface, and structural means, including an upstanding end ridge extending around one of said roller surface end portions and presenting the other of said end portions with header ridges free of an end ridge, for producing a masonry pattern on a malleable surface presenting a running joint along one edge thereof and presenting the other pattern edge with header joints without a running joint along one edge thereof and presenting the other pattern edge with header joints without a running joint therealong, and for producing a second adjacent parallel pattern with the running joint thereof also as the pattern edge running joint of said first pattern rollingly propelling said roller over a malleable surface in order to impress the simulated masonry pattern thereon with the pattern-edge running joint along one edge of the simulated masonry pattern and with the opposed edge hereof free of any simulated running joint, and in order to form the running joints in the direction of movement of the roller. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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