Columbia Machine, Inc.

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B28B 17/00 - SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER - Details of, or accessories for, apparatus for shaping the material; Auxiliary measures taken in connection with such shaping 5
B28C 5/06 - Apparatus or methods for producing mixtures of cement with other substances, e.g. slurries, mortars, porous or fibrous compositions without using driven mechanical means effecting the mixing the mixing being effected by the action of a fluid 3
B28C 5/14 - Mixing in containers not actuated to effect the mixing with stirrers sweeping through the materials the stirrers having motion about a horizontal or substantially horizontal axis 3
B28C 7/00 - Controlling the operation of apparatus for producing mixtures of clay or cement with other substances; Supplying or proportioning the ingredients for mixing clay or cement with other substances; Discharging the mixture 3
B28C 7/02 - Controlling the operation of the mixing 3
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07 - Machines and machine tools 6
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal 1
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19 - Non-metallic building materials 1
20 - Furniture and decorative products 1
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1.

INTERCONNECT SUPPORT PLUNGER FOR CONCRETE BLOCK FORMING SHOE

      
Application Number 17827892
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-05-30
First Publication Date 2023-11-30
Owner Columbia Machine, Inc. (USA)
Inventor Ott, Josef

Abstract

In a head assembly for use on a concrete products forming machine (CPM), a framework is configured to be secured to a vertically displaceable compression beam on the CPM. An array of shoes are sized to be fully received within complimentary mold cavities within a mold box of the CPM. An array of plungers are interposed between the framework and array of shoes, with at least a plurality of the plungers of the array secured at one end to the framework and at another end to a single one of the array of shoes. The plurality of plungers are configured with a C-shaped webbing comprised of upper and lower substantially parallel flange pieces connected via a structural upright forming an outside right-angle edge with each of the upper and lower flange pieces.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B28B 7/10 - Moulds with means incorporated therein, or carried thereby, for ejecting the moulded article
  • B28B 7/24 - Unitary mould structures with a plurality of moulding spaces

2.

Vertically actuated case turning device and method

      
Application Number 17879492
Grant Number 11795007
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-08-02
First Publication Date 2023-10-24
Grant Date 2023-10-24
Owner Columbia Machine, Inc. (USA)
Inventor Gierman, Josh Justin

Abstract

A turning assembly includes four arms extending from a central position located just outside of the expanse of conveyor rollers, with each of the arms being arranged at 90 degree angles relative to adjacent ones of the four arms. A vertical actuator is configured to move the turning assembly between an active position above a level of the conveyor rollers and an inactive position at or below the level of the conveyor rollers, where at least one of the arms is received within at least one of the gaps between adjacent rollers on the conveyor. Finally, a rotational actuator is configured to rotate the turning assembly arms through an arc around the central position, whereby articles traveling along an article path on the conveyor are configured to either pass over at least one of the turning assembly arms or impact upon the at least one of the turning assembly arms depending upon whether the turning assembly is in an inactive or active position, respectively.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65G 47/244 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying plane
  • B65G 47/82 - Rotary or reciprocating members for direct action on articles or materials, e.g. pushers, rakes, shovels
  • B65G 47/252 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning over or inverting them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction

3.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HARDENING MOLD GRIDS USING CLAMP QUENCHING

      
Application Number 17567441
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-01-03
First Publication Date 2023-07-06
Owner Columbia Machine, Inc. (USA)
Inventor Ott, Josef

Abstract

A method and apparatus for treating a workpiece such as a mold grid includes moving the workpiece laterally along a conveyor assembly into a furnace for heating in a carbon-rich atmosphere to form a heated workpiece. The heated workpiece is then received from the furnace onto the conveyor assembly in an enclosed vestibule whereupon it is clamped under pressure between an overhead mechanical press and the conveyor assembly to form a clamped assembly. The clamped assembly, including a portion of the conveyor, is then lowered into a quenching bath via an elevator assembly until the heated workpiece is quenched, whereupon the clamped assembly is raised out of the bath and the clamping force released. This clamping during quenching acts to maintain the workpiece in a planar orientation while reducing warpage during the quenching process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F27B 9/24 - Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity characterised by the means by which the charge is moved during treatment the charge moving in a substantially straight path being carried by a conveyor
  • C21D 9/00 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor
  • F27B 9/02 - Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity of multiple-chamber type; Combinations of furnaces

4.

APPARATUS FOR GAS ENTRAINMENT VIA NANO-BUBBLES INTO CONCRETE UPSTREAM FROM A PRODUCT MOLD

      
Application Number 17885263
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-08-10
First Publication Date 2022-12-01
Owner Columbia Machine, Inc. (USA)
Inventor
  • Goode, Richard T.
  • Clark, Jason
  • Gildersleeve, Stacy

Abstract

An apparatus for delivering a wet concrete mix to a product mold, where the apparatus comprises a hopper configured to retain a fresh concrete mix, a source of treated water having a concentration of nanobubbles of a gas at least double a natural concentration of nanobubbles of the gas within a natural state of the water, a water transport coupling the source of treated water with the hopper, a valve interposed within the water transport for selectively releasing the treated water into the hopper, and a mixer in communication with the hopper for mixing the treated water with the fresh concrete mix to yield an infused wet concrete.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C04B 40/02 - Selection of the hardening environment
  • C04B 40/00 - Processes, in general, for influencing or modifying the properties of mortars, concrete or artificial stone compositions, e.g. their setting or hardening ability
  • B28C 5/06 - Apparatus or methods for producing mixtures of cement with other substances, e.g. slurries, mortars, porous or fibrous compositions without using driven mechanical means effecting the mixing the mixing being effected by the action of a fluid
  • B28C 7/00 - Controlling the operation of apparatus for producing mixtures of clay or cement with other substances; Supplying or proportioning the ingredients for mixing clay or cement with other substances; Discharging the mixture
  • B28C 5/14 - Mixing in containers not actuated to effect the mixing with stirrers sweeping through the materials the stirrers having motion about a horizontal or substantially horizontal axis
  • B28C 7/12 - Supplying or proportioning liquid ingredients
  • B28C 7/02 - Controlling the operation of the mixing

5.

METHOD FOR ADAPTING AN EXISTING CONCRETE PRODUCTS FORMING MACHINE FOR FORMING INFUSED CONCRETE PRODUCTS

      
Application Number 17885244
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-08-10
First Publication Date 2022-12-01
Owner Columbia Machine, Inc. (USA)
Inventor
  • Goode, Richard T.
  • Clark, Jason
  • Gildersleeve, Stacy

Abstract

A method of retrofitting an existing apparatus for forming concrete products, where the apparatus comprises an existing component located upstream of a product mold and adapted to deliver treated concrete to the product mold, adapts the existing component to treat fresh concrete to be delivered to the product mold by a new component with treated water infused with a concentration of carbon dioxide nanobubbles. The step of adapting comprises adding to the existing component a water delivery system that is configured to direct the treated water into the fresh concrete, where the water delivery system is provided with one or more liquid manifolds configured to dispense the treated water into the fresh concrete to form treated concrete.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C04B 40/02 - Selection of the hardening environment
  • C04B 40/00 - Processes, in general, for influencing or modifying the properties of mortars, concrete or artificial stone compositions, e.g. their setting or hardening ability
  • B28C 5/06 - Apparatus or methods for producing mixtures of cement with other substances, e.g. slurries, mortars, porous or fibrous compositions without using driven mechanical means effecting the mixing the mixing being effected by the action of a fluid
  • B28C 7/00 - Controlling the operation of apparatus for producing mixtures of clay or cement with other substances; Supplying or proportioning the ingredients for mixing clay or cement with other substances; Discharging the mixture
  • B28C 5/14 - Mixing in containers not actuated to effect the mixing with stirrers sweeping through the materials the stirrers having motion about a horizontal or substantially horizontal axis
  • B28C 7/12 - Supplying or proportioning liquid ingredients
  • B28C 7/02 - Controlling the operation of the mixing

6.

CPM+

      
Serial Number 90492816
Status Registered
Filing Date 2021-01-27
Registration Date 2021-12-14
Owner Columbia Machine, Inc. ()
NICE Classes  ? 07 - Machines and machine tools

Goods & Services

machines for molding concrete products such as blocks and pavers

7.

Turning device and method for turning articles on conveyors

      
Application Number 16582767
Grant Number 10815072
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-09-25
First Publication Date 2020-10-27
Grant Date 2020-10-27
Owner Columbia Machine, Inc. (USA)
Inventor Gierman, Josh Justin

Abstract

On a conveyor for articles traveling from an upstream to a downstream end, an assembly for turning articles is integrated for changing the orientation of the article so that the article may be proper positioned within a stack of such products on a pallet layer. The turning assembly comprises an arm that is selectively extendible along a track to a plurality of extendable positions into an article path on the conveyor. The arm includes an upstream contact surface that is configured to contact a downstream surface of the article off-axis to a center of gravity of the article so that the article rotates about the upstream contact surface to a turned position and continues downstream on the conveyor in the turned position. A turn assist plate pivots into contact with an upstream portion of the article under computer control as needed to assist with turning boxes that are particularly long.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65G 47/244 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying plane

8.

Method for gas entrainment via nano-bubbles into concrete upstream from a product mold

      
Application Number 16353992
Grant Number 11591268
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-14
First Publication Date 2020-09-17
Grant Date 2023-02-28
Owner Columbia Machine, Inc. (USA)
Inventor
  • Goode, Richard T.
  • Clark, Jason
  • Gildersleeve, Stacy

Abstract

2) nanobubbles sized within a certain prescribed range. The infused wet concrete is then transported to the mold of a concrete products forming machine to form a molded product that has enhanced qualities including increased carbon capture within the resulting concrete product, improved curing times, increased flowability, self-healing, and improved release from the product mold.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B28B 1/50 - Producing shaped articles from the material specially adapted for producing articles of expanded material, e.g. cellular concrete
  • C04B 40/00 - Processes, in general, for influencing or modifying the properties of mortars, concrete or artificial stone compositions, e.g. their setting or hardening ability
  • C04B 40/02 - Selection of the hardening environment
  • B28C 5/06 - Apparatus or methods for producing mixtures of cement with other substances, e.g. slurries, mortars, porous or fibrous compositions without using driven mechanical means effecting the mixing the mixing being effected by the action of a fluid
  • B28C 7/00 - Controlling the operation of apparatus for producing mixtures of clay or cement with other substances; Supplying or proportioning the ingredients for mixing clay or cement with other substances; Discharging the mixture
  • B28C 5/14 - Mixing in containers not actuated to effect the mixing with stirrers sweeping through the materials the stirrers having motion about a horizontal or substantially horizontal axis
  • B28C 7/12 - Supplying or proportioning liquid ingredients
  • B28C 7/02 - Controlling the operation of the mixing
  • B28B 13/02 - Feeding the unshaped material to moulds or apparatus for producing shaped articles

9.

Pallet feed method and apparatus for use on a concrete products machine

      
Application Number 15883863
Grant Number 10543618
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-01-30
First Publication Date 2019-08-01
Grant Date 2020-01-28
Owner COLUMBIA MACHINE, INC. (USA)
Inventor
  • Gildersleeve, Stacy L.
  • Jenabzadeh, Mani
  • Bandstra, Bryan M.

Abstract

A pallet feeder assembly for use with a concrete products machine of a type supporting a mold box within a production zone comprises a conveyor having a load/unload expanse configured to be disposed below the production zone, an upstream staging expanse upstream, and upstream and downstream ends. A plurality of sensors operative to detect a presence of a pallet on the conveyor are disposed along a length of the conveyor and include sensors disposed upstream and downstream of the load/unload expanse. Transport means on the conveyor move a pallet loaded on the transport means between the upstream and downstream ends of the conveyor. An open portion within the load/unload expanse is configured to admit a lifting means for raising the pallet from the transport means up into the production zone against an underside of a mold box during a production cycle of a concrete products machine.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B28B 15/00 - General arrangement or layout of plant
  • B65G 47/74 - Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
  • B65G 15/12 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface with two or more endless belts

10.

Method for exchanging molds in a concrete products forming machine

      
Application Number 16362115
Grant Number 11148323
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-22
First Publication Date 2019-07-18
Grant Date 2021-10-19
Owner Columbia Machine, Inc. (USA)
Inventor
  • Barnes, Joseph
  • Gildersleeve, Stacy

Abstract

A method for exchanging molds in a concrete products forming machine (CPM) comprises moving a first mold cassette assembly along a linear path to a mold receiving position adjacent to a concrete products forming machine. The first mold is then moved out of the CPM along a mold-transfer path perpendicular to the linear path of the first mold cassette assembly. The first mold is then mounted within the first mold cassette assembly which then moves along the linear path out of the mold-receiving position. The second mold cassette assembly, and pre-mounted second mold, are then moved along the linear path to the mold-extracting position. The second mold is then demounted from the second mold cassette assembly and moved along the mold-transfer path to the concrete products forming machine to effect a mold change within the CPM.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B28B 17/00 - SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER - Details of, or accessories for, apparatus for shaping the material; Auxiliary measures taken in connection with such shaping
  • B66C 5/04 - Fixed or travelling bridges or gantries, i.e. elongated structures of inverted-L- or of inverted-U-shape with runways or tracks supported for movements relative to bridge or gantry
  • B28B 7/08 - Moulds provided with means for tilting or inverting

11.

Method for operating a mold extraction assembly in a concrete products forming machine

      
Application Number 16353875
Grant Number 10967540
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-14
First Publication Date 2019-07-11
Grant Date 2021-04-06
Owner Columbia Machine, Inc. (USA)
Inventor
  • Gildersleeve, Stacy
  • Kneipp, Emerson

Abstract

A method for moving a mold assembly from a mounted position within a concrete products forming machine includes extending an extraction assembly forwardly from a retracted position at a rear of the concrete products machine to an intermediate position so that terminal ends of the extraction assembly are positioned below a carrying surface of the mold assembly. The extraction assembly is raised at the rear portion of the concrete products machine so that the terminal ends of the extraction assembly contact and raise the carrying surface of the mold assembly up off mold mounting surfaces on the concrete products machine. The extraction assembly is then moved to a fully extended position so that the mold assembly is moved forwardly from the mold mounting surfaces to an operative position whereby the mold assembly can be removed from the extraction assembly and replaced with a replacement mold assembly.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B28B 17/00 - SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER - Details of, or accessories for, apparatus for shaping the material; Auxiliary measures taken in connection with such shaping

12.

Enhanced release compression shoe for use with concrete product forming machines

      
Application Number 15214246
Grant Number 10066300
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-07-19
First Publication Date 2018-01-25
Grant Date 2018-09-04
Owner COLUMBIA MACHINE, INC. (USA)
Inventor Johnston, Llewellyn L.

Abstract

A compression shoe for use on a concrete products forming machine comprises a main body and a plated layer overlaid on the main body. The main body is configured to be slidingly received within a mold cavity of a concrete products mold. The plated layer overlaid on the main body of the compression shoe comprises a uniform electroless nickel (Ni), phosphorus (P), and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) nano dispersion coating to effect enhanced material release characteristics by preventing the build-up of material on the compression shoes and enhancing their wear characteristics.

IPC Classes  ?

  • C23C 18/32 - Coating with one of iron, cobalt or nickel; Coating with mixtures of phosphorus or boron with one of these metals
  • C23C 18/16 - Chemical coating by decomposition of either liquid compounds or solutions of the coating forming compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating; Contact plating by reduction or substitution, i.e. electroless plating
  • C23C 18/26 - Roughening, e.g. by etching using organic liquids
  • B29C 33/56 - Coatings; Releasing, lubricating or separating agents
  • B28B 3/02 - Producing shaped articles from the material by using presses; Presses specially adapted therefor wherein a ram exerts pressure on the material in a moulding space; Ram heads of special form
  • B22C 3/00 - Selection of compositions for coating the surfaces of moulds, cores, or patterns
  • B29C 73/00 - Repairing of articles made from plastics or substances in a plastic state, e.g. of articles shaped or produced by using techniques covered by this subclass or subclass
  • B28B 1/08 - Producing shaped articles from the material by vibrating or jolting
  • B28B 7/08 - Moulds provided with means for tilting or inverting
  • B29C 45/56 - Means for plasticising or homogenising the moulding material or forcing it into the mould using mould parts movable during or after injection, e.g. injection-compression moulding
  • B29C 37/00 - Component parts, details, accessories or auxiliary operations, not covered by group or
  • B28B 3/06 - Producing shaped articles from the material by using presses; Presses specially adapted therefor wherein a ram exerts pressure on the material in a moulding space; Ram heads of special form with one ram per mould with two or more ram and mould sets
  • B28B 11/14 - Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped articles for dividing shaped articles by cutting
  • B29C 45/37 - Mould cavity walls

13.

Mold extractor assembly for concrete products forming machine

      
Application Number 14991626
Grant Number 10245757
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-01-08
First Publication Date 2017-07-13
Grant Date 2019-04-02
Owner COLUMBIA MACHINE, INC. (USA)
Inventor
  • Gildersleeve, Stacy
  • Kneipp, Emerson

Abstract

A mold extractor assembly for use with a concrete products forming machine of a type having mold mount shelves and a feed box assembly mounted behind the mold mount shelves and moveable in a vertical and horizontal direction to dispense concrete into cavities defined within a mold box mounted on the shelves. The mold extractor assembly comprises a guide rail assembly horizontally oriented along and vertically moveable with the feed box assembly. An extractor arm assembly is moveable along the guide rail assembly in a horizontal direction toward the mold mount shelves. An extractor fork assembly is telescopically nested about the extractor arm assembly and configured to extend a horizontal reach of the mold extractor assembly to beyond the mold mount shelves so that the mold box can be lifted off of the mold mount shelves via the extractor fork assembly and carried forwardly to a mold transfer assembly.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B28B 7/10 - Moulds with means incorporated therein, or carried thereby, for ejecting the moulded article
  • B28B 17/00 - SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER - Details of, or accessories for, apparatus for shaping the material; Auxiliary measures taken in connection with such shaping

14.

Mold assembly for concrete products forming machine

      
Application Number 14991648
Grant Number 10245756
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-01-08
First Publication Date 2017-07-13
Grant Date 2019-04-02
Owner COLUMBIA MACHINE, INC. (USA)
Inventor
  • Johnston, Llewellyn L.
  • Gildersleeve, Stacy L.

Abstract

A mold assembly for forming concrete products comprising a mold box having cavities for receiving and molding concrete products and a mounting bracket extension coupled to each side wall of the mold box and forming a lower mounting surface of the mold box. Die alignment holes are formed in an underside of each mounting bracket extension and are configured to receive alignment dowels extending upward from shelves of the concrete products forming machine on which the mold box sits. The mounting bracket extensions further include mold transfer locators formed on the underside inward of the die alignment holes so that they are exposed from below when the mold assembly sits on the shelves of the concrete products forming machine. These locators are configured to locate the mold assembly onto mold extractor arms when the mold assembly is lifted off of the alignment dowels by the mold extractor arms during a mold extraction process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B28B 3/00 - Producing shaped articles from the material by using presses; Presses specially adapted therefor
  • B28B 7/00 - Moulds; Cores; Mandrels
  • B28B 7/24 - Unitary mould structures with a plurality of moulding spaces
  • B28B 15/00 - General arrangement or layout of plant

15.

Mold transfer assembly for concrete products forming machine

      
Application Number 14991669
Grant Number 10279507
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-01-08
First Publication Date 2017-07-13
Grant Date 2019-05-07
Owner COLUMBIA MACHINE, INC. (USA)
Inventor
  • Barnes, Joseph
  • Gildersleeve, Stacy

Abstract

A mold transfer assembly comprises a carriage assembly configured to be placed adjacent a concrete products forming machine. The carriage assembly has a track running along a mold-transfer path to the mold-receiving path. Each of at the mold cassette assemblies running within the track are configured to retain a mold assembly, wherein the mold cassette assemblies are configured to move along the track between a retracted position spaced from the mold-receiving path adjacent to the concrete products forming machine, and position(s) intersecting the mold-receiving path including an incoming mold cassette position, and an outgoing mold cassette position.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B28B 17/00 - SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER - Details of, or accessories for, apparatus for shaping the material; Auxiliary measures taken in connection with such shaping
  • B66C 5/04 - Fixed or travelling bridges or gantries, i.e. elongated structures of inverted-L- or of inverted-U-shape with runways or tracks supported for movements relative to bridge or gantry

16.

Fully automated mold change with product height change

      
Application Number 14991182
Grant Number 10603817
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-01-08
First Publication Date 2017-07-13
Grant Date 2020-03-31
Owner Columbia Machine, Inc. (USA)
Inventor
  • Gildersleeve, Stacy
  • Aaseth, Allen

Abstract

An automated mold change system, for use with a concrete products machine of a type having a products forming section and a feedbox assembly section, includes a mold exchange assembly coupled to an underside of the feedbox assembly section and vertically moveable therewith, a mold transfer assembly on an opposed side of the products forming section from the feedbox assembly section, and mounts on the products forming section configured to retain a mold assembly thereon. A mold exchange path runs axially between the mold exchange assembly and the mounts on the products forming section and intersects a mold transfer path of the mold transfer assembly at a load-unload position, wherein the mold exchange assembly is configured to lift a mold off of the mounts and onto the mold transfer assembly at the load-unload position.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B28B 3/00 - Producing shaped articles from the material by using presses; Presses specially adapted therefor
  • B28B 17/00 - SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER - Details of, or accessories for, apparatus for shaping the material; Auxiliary measures taken in connection with such shaping
  • B30B 15/02 - Dies; Inserts therefor or mountings thereof; Moulds

17.

Palletizer with configurable diverter and turn lanes for pattern formation

      
Application Number 14726107
Grant Number 09403646
Status In Force
Filing Date 2015-05-29
First Publication Date 2016-08-02
Grant Date 2016-08-02
Owner COLUMBIA MACHINE, INC. (USA)
Inventor
  • Huebner, William
  • Meckel, Kevin
  • O'Connor, Patrick
  • Hansen, Timothy

Abstract

A flexible pattern-forming palletizing apparatus includes a conveyor having an upstream end for receiving products along a single lane and a downstream end having a plurality of moveable lanes under computer control arrayed along a width of the downstream end. A diverter is positioned between the upstream and downstream end for moving the products from the single lane into selected ones of the plurality of lanes as the products move from the upstream end to the downstream end of the conveyor. A product turner is positioned downstream of the diverter for receiving products positioned in the plurality of lanes and turning selected ones, where the product turner includes turning devices that move between lanes under control of the computer and can be accurately positioned to optimize case turning for a wide array of product.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65G 47/244 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying plane
  • B65G 47/28 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a single conveyor
  • B65G 47/68 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor

18.

Hoist safety lock mechanism

      
Application Number 14491340
Grant Number 09656844
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-09-19
First Publication Date 2015-03-19
Grant Date 2017-05-23
Owner COLUMBIA MACHINE, INC. (USA)
Inventor Hansen, Tim

Abstract

A hoist safety lock mechanism includes a pair of pawls formed on terminal ends of each corner of a pallet support structure. The pawls are biased outward to an extended position and include a lower support surface adapted to rest on a support surface. The pawls may be pivotally deflected downward (but not upward) due to impact on a top surface of the pawl. Each pawl is configured to be received within a respective parallel column of slots formed on inwardly-facing sides of the vertical posts forming the lifting frame of the hoist. The slots within each column are vertically offset and separated by separators which can vertically deflect the pawls. Because the slots are vertically offset, and because each terminal end includes a pair of pawls, there is always at least one pawl engaged within the slot even if the other of the pair is deflected by contact with a separator. Thus, any failure of the hoist will cause the pallet support structure to only fall to the next lower separator before the pawl catches it.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B66F 7/28 - Constructional details, e.g. end stops, pivoting supporting members, sliding runners adjustable to load dimensions
  • B66F 17/00 - Safety devices, e.g. for limiting or indicating lifting force
  • B66F 7/02 - Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts with platforms suspended from ropes, cables, or chains
  • B65G 57/03 - Stacking of articles by adding to the top of the stack from above

19.

COLUMBIA TECHMATIK MOLDS

      
Application Number 140907200
Status Registered
Filing Date 2008-08-29
Registration Date 2010-03-24
Owner Columbia Machine, Inc. (USA)
NICE Classes  ?
  • 06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
  • 19 - Non-metallic building materials
  • 20 - Furniture and decorative products

Goods & Services

(1) Molds for making concrete blocks.

20.

COLUMBIA TECHMATIK MOLDS

      
Serial Number 77552401
Status Registered
Filing Date 2008-08-21
Registration Date 2010-03-09
Owner Columbia Machine, Inc. ()
NICE Classes  ? 07 - Machines and machine tools

Goods & Services

Molds for making concrete blocks

21.

Large pallet machine for forming molded products

      
Application Number 11341049
Grant Number 07635261
Status In Force
Filing Date 2006-01-27
First Publication Date 2006-08-17
Grant Date 2009-12-22
Owner Columbia Machine, Inc. (USA)
Inventor
  • High, Douglas Vernon
  • Gildersleeve, Stacy L.
  • Wahlstrom, Daniel Richard
  • Johnston, Llewellyn Lee
  • Brewer, Keith Donald

Abstract

A concrete products forming machine including a main frame, feed drawers, die supports and mold and head assemblies. The feed drawer is moved into position over the mold using an electric belt drive system and includes a vibrating strike off plate to improve surface quality of the molded product, zoned agitators to control movement and placement of concrete, a spring loaded seal system between the walls and floor of the feed box, and quick-release agitator design with urethane sleeves to effect easy and clean removal, replacement and cleaning of the agitators. The concrete products forming machine includes torque tube and leaf spring supports to effect substantially vertical vibrational movement of the mold with air inflatable springs for controlled force between the mold bottom and the pallet. The pallet itself is vibrated from below using phased, counter rotating shafts coupled to the pallet table on which the pallet rests. Vibration induced into the pallet by the vibrating pallet table is transferred to the mold resulting in material compaction. After the molding process, the mold is lifted in a stripping process to remove the molded product for curing or drying.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B28B 1/087 - Producing shaped articles from the material by vibrating or jolting by means acting on the mould

22.

LARGE PALLET MACHINE FOR FORMING MOLDED PRODUCTS

      
Application Number US2006003062
Publication Number 2006/081480
Status In Force
Filing Date 2006-01-27
Publication Date 2006-08-03
Owner COLUMBIA MACHINE, INC. (USA)
Inventor
  • High, Douglas, Vermon
  • Gildersleeve, Stacy, L.
  • Wahlstrom, Daniel, Richard
  • Johnston, Llewellyn, Lee
  • Brewer, Keith, Donald

Abstract

A concrete products forming machine including a main frame, feed drawers, die supports and mold and head assemblies. The feed drawer is moved into position over the mold using an electric belt drive system and includes a vibrating strike off plate to improve surface quality of the molded product, zoned agitators to control movement and placement of concrete, a spring loaded seal system between the walls and floor of the feed box, and quick-release agitator design with urethane sleeves to effect easy and clean removal, replacement and cleaning of the agitators. The concrete products forming machine includes torque tube and leaf spring supports to effect substantially vertical vibrational movement of the mold with air inflatable springs for controlled force between the mold bottom and the pallet. The pallet itself is vibrated from below using phased, counter rotating shafts coupled to the pallet table on which the pallet rests. Vibration induced into the pallet by the vibrating pallet table is transferred to the mold resulting in material compaction. After the molding process, the mold is lifted in a stripping process to remove the molded product for curing or drying.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B28B 1/08 - Producing shaped articles from the material by vibrating or jolting

23.

CPM50

      
Serial Number 74491568
Status Registered
Filing Date 1994-02-15
Registration Date 1995-01-17
Owner COLUMBIA MACHINE, INC. ()
NICE Classes  ? 07 - Machines and machine tools

Goods & Services

machine for molding concrete products such as blocks and pavers

24.

COLUMBIA

      
Serial Number 73819007
Status Registered
Filing Date 1989-08-14
Registration Date 1990-03-20
Owner COLUMBIA MACHINE, INC. ()
NICE Classes  ? 07 - Machines and machine tools

Goods & Services

CONCRETE BLOCK MAKING MACHINES, CONCRETE BLOCK HANDLING MACHINES AND PALLETIZING MACHINES, [ AND PARTS THEREFOR ]

25.

COLUMBIA

      
Application Number 035312200
Status Registered
Filing Date 1972-05-09
Registration Date 1973-09-28
Owner COLUMBIA MACHINE, INC. (USA)
NICE Classes  ?
  • 07 - Machines and machine tools
  • 09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments

Goods & Services

(1) Concrete block-making machinery and electrical control apparatus therefor; concrete block-handling machinery and electrical control apparatus therefor. (2) Palletizing machinery and electrical control apparatus therefor.

26.

COLUMBIA

      
Serial Number 72412081
Status Registered
Filing Date 1972-01-07
Registration Date 1973-11-20
Owner COLUMBIA MACHINE, INC. ()
NICE Classes  ? 07 - Machines and machine tools

Goods & Services

CONCRETE BLOCK-MAKING MACHINERY, CONCRETE BLOCK-HANDLING MACHINERY AND PALLETIZING MACHINERY