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Process and equipment for producing concrete products having blended colors

  • US 6,923,565 B2
  • Filed: 04/22/2002
  • Issued: 08/02/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A process for producing a multi-colored concrete product, the process comprising the steps of:

  • separately metering concrete from at least two discrete batches of concrete into separate quantities that are separated in a direction perpendicular to a transport direction, one of said discrete batches having a first color and the other of said discrete batches having a second color different from the first color;

    transporting the separately metered quantities of concrete in the transport direction to a hopper of a production machine;

    depositing the separately metered concrete from the discrete colored concrete batches into the hopper of the production machine to produce a multi-color concrete blend; and

    producing at least one concrete product from the multi-color concrete blend.

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