IP Library Granted Patent US 10,035,733
Granted Patent B1
US 10,035,733 · App. 15/854,519 · Granted Jul 31, 2018

Method and apparatus for manufacturing quartz slab

Inventor: Alex Xie (West Windsor, NJ)
C04B40/0032B29C39/023B29C39/24B29C39/44B44F9/04B65G41/003B65G47/18B65G47/62C04B35/14C04B35/622B29D99/0039B65G2201/042B65G2812/12C04B2111/542
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Patent No.
US 10,035,733
App. No.
15/854,519
Granted
Jul 31, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

An apparatus including a first conveyor device including a first conveyor belt; a second conveyor device including a second conveyor belt; a movement device; and a mold device including a mold; wherein the first conveyor device is connected to the second conveyor device so that when the movement device moves the first conveyor device, the second conveyor device also moves with respect to the mold device; wherein the first conveyor belt moves independent of the second conveyor belt; and wherein the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt move independent from the movement device. The apparatus may further include a first and second dispensing devices configured to dispense first and second materials, first and second gate devices to control height, and a computer processor to control the various components and the resulting ratio of first material to second material in a processed slab.

Claims (24)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a first conveyor device including a first conveyor belt;

a second conveyor device including a second conveyor belt;

a movement device;

a mold device including a mold;

wherein the first conveyor device is connected to the second conveyor device so that when the movement device moves the first conveyor device, the second conveyor device also moves with respect to the mold device;

wherein the first conveyor belt moves independent of the second conveyor belt; and

wherein the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt move independent from the movement device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising

a first dispensing device configured to dispense a first material onto the first conveyor belt;

a second dispensing device configured to dispense a second material onto the second conveyor belt;

wherein the second conveyor belt drops the second material onto the first conveyor belt to mix the first material with the second material;

and wherein the first conveyor belt is configured with respect to the mold device so that the mixture of the first material and the second material is dropped into the mold of the mold device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising

a computer processor which controls the first conveyor device, and the second conveyor device.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 further comprising

a first gate device which is connected to the first conveyor device, and which controls a height of the first material provided from the first conveyor belt; and

a second gate device which is connected to the second conveyor device, and which controls a height of the second material provided from the second conveyor belt.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 further comprising

a computer processor which controls the first conveyor device, the second conveyor device, the first gate device, and the second gate device.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein

the computer processor controls the first dispensing device and the second dispensing device.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising

a computer processor, which is programmed to control the contents of a combination of materials which includes a first material provided by the first conveyor device and a second material provided by the second conveyor device, so that the combination of materials has a continuously varying ratio of the first material to the second material as the combination of materials is dropped into the mold of the mold device.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: SQIP LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 069730/0632 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 13, 2024
From: SQIP LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 069352/0293 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: SQIP LLC (A NEW JERSEY LLC)
To: SQIP, LLC (A FLORIDA LLC)
Reel/Frame 055004/0903 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2019
From: XIE, ALEX, MR.
To: SQIP LLC
Reel/Frame 050164/0901 →
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