Apparatus for forming strips of pavement

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR FORMING STRIPS OF PAVING MATERIAL SUCH AS CURBS AND THE LIKE ON A SUPPORTING SURFACE, SAID APPARATUS HAVING A FRAME, A HOPPER MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE PAVING MATERIAL THEREIN, AN ELONGATE MOLD MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND HAVING AN OPEN BOTTOM AND AN OPEN REAR END, MEANS FOR MOVING THE PAVING MATERIAL FROM SAID HOPPER INTO THE MOLD AND FOR PACKING THE PAVING MATERIAL INTO THE MOLD TO FORM THE STRIPS OF PAVING MATERIAL AND TO MOVE THE APPARATUS FORWARDLY DUE TO THE PRESSURE OF THE INCOMING MATERIAL ON THE MATERIAL WITHIN THE MOLD; IN COMBINATION THEREWITH, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME AND ADAPTED TO CONTACT THE SUPPORTING SURFACE FOR SUPPORTING SAID FRAME A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE ABOVE THE SUPPORTING SURFACE AND FOR MAINTAINING THE MOLD IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME RELATIONSHIP TO THE SUPPORTING SURFACE AT ALL TIMES, AT LEAST ONE ELONGATE BRAKE MEMBER EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID FRAME AND ADAPTED TO BE MOVED INTO FRICTIONAL CONTACT WITH THE SUPPORTING SURFACE, AND MEANS VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME ADJACENT EACH END OF SAID BRAKE MEMBER AND PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO EACH END OF SAID BRAKE MEMBER FOR MOUNTING SAID OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID BRAKE MEMBER ON SAID FRAME FOR INDEPENDENT SELECTIVE VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT RELATIVE TO SAID FRAME AND INTO AND OUT OF CONTACT WITH THE SUPPORTING SURFACE AND FOR VARYING THE AREA OF SAID BRAKE MEMBER IN CONTACT WITH THE SUPPORTING SURFACE TO VARY THE BRAKING FORCE APPLIED TO THE APPARATUS.