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Method of making an article from a lightweight cementitious composition and a decorative article made therefrom
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Inventors: Spragg, Peter H.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Jones; Deborah
Assistant Examiner: Bahta; Abraham
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Bourque & Associates, P.A.
A method of making an article from a lightweight cementitious composition includes molding a castable cementitious mixture including an aqueous slurry of at least perlite and concrete into an article, such as a hollow, decorative article. The castable cementitious mixture can include a fibrous material, for reinforcing the cement and perlite, and an air entraining agent, for facilitating mixability and reducing a density of the cementitious mixture and facilitating casting. The mold can include an external mold form that contains the cementitious mixture and an internal mold form that displaces the cementitious mixture within the external mold form to cast the hollow article in various shapes and with various surface textures. The external and internal mold forms include liners made of a lightweight flexible material that can be removed, unfolded, and prepared and/or cleaned. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The system and method 10, shown schematically in FIG.
1, according to the present invention, mixes a castable cementitious mixture 20 including cement and perlite and forms a molded article by molding or casting the castable cementitious mixture into a desired shape.
The system 10 includes at least a mixer or mixing apparatus 12, for mixing the castable cementitious mixture 20, and a mold 14.
In the preferred embodiment, the mold 14 includes an external mold form 16 and an internal mold form 18, for casting the cementitious mixture 20 into the molded article.
According to the exemplary embodiment, the molded article is a hollow, decorative article, such as a decorative lawn ornament, or a cover or cap for utility installations including, but not limited to, water wellheads, septic vent stacks, telephone junction boxes, and buried gas tank hatches.
The present invention, however, contemplates using the system and method 10 of the present invention to make other types of molded articles from various types of cementitious compositions.
The mixing apparatus 12 preferably includes a conventional drum type mixer heated with a drum heater 13, such as a kerosene convection heater, before and/or after mixing begins.
Drum type mixers are relatively easy to clean and help to control the diffusion of airborne silica dust, a component of the perlite.
The present invention also contemplates using paddle type mixers or other mixers known to those of ordinary skill in the art for mixing cementitious mixtures.
The system 10 can also include a material feeding device 22, such as a hopper with an auger drive, that gradually feeds the perlite into the cementitious mixture 20 in a steady, controlled manner.
The material feeding device 22 thereby eliminates spillage of the perlite, reduces the airborne diffusion of silica dust, and minimizes excessive loading of perlite onto the mixer walls.
The material feeding device can also include a coarse meshed screen or grill to filter larger clumps of perlite
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