Curb and gutter paving apparatus and method

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A PAIR OF SIDE FORMS BETWEEN WHICH FLUID CONCRETE HAS BEEN POURED, A MACHINE FOR MAKING A CURB AND GUTTER COMPRISING A CARRIAGE ROTATABLY SUPPORTED FOR MOVEMENT ON ONE OF SAID SIDE FORMS AND SLIDABLY SUPPORTED ON THE OTHER OF SAID FORMS, SURFACING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE CARRIAGE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY SHAPING THE CURB AND GUTTER FROM THE FLUID CONCRETE BETWEEN SAID SIDE FORMS, HOPPER MEANS MOUNTED ON THE SURFACE MEANS FOR SUPPLYING ADDITIONAL FLUID CONCRETE DURING THE SHAPING OF SAID CURB AND GUTTER TO COMPLETE THE FORMATION OF THE CURB BY THE SURFACING MEANS, TROWELING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE CARRIAGE IN UNSUPPORTED TRAILING RELATION TO THE SURFACING MEANS FOR LATERALLY DISPLACEABLE MOVEMENT OVER THE CURB AND GUTTER FORMED BY THE SURFACING MEANS, AND MEANS MOUNTED ON THE CARRIAGE AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE TROWELING MEANS FOR YIELDABLY URGING THE TROWELING MEANS IN ONE LATERAL DIRECTION TO APPLY LATERAL TROWELING PRESSURE ON THE CURB COMPLETED BY THE ADDITIONAL FLUID CONCRETE INTRODUCED BETWEEN THE SIDE FORMS THROUGH THE HOPPER MEANS.