Patents Assigned to Architectural Polymers, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20140138877
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing a formliner is disclosed. The process includes applying a formliner material to a mold, the mold having pocket molds for producing formliner pockets and a lattice of ridge molds for producing formliner ridges, then forming the formliner, and then demolding the formliner from the mold to produce the formliner having the formliner pockets and the formliner ridges. The lattice of the ridge molds have texture for producing texture in the formliner ridges and/or the mold includes a rigid high-density urethane closed cell foam or a rigid polyisocyanurate foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: ARCHITECTURAL POLYMERS, INC.
    Inventors: Marshall Gilbert WALTERS, Richard E. FASCHING
  • Publication number: 20140138878
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing an overlapping formliner is disclosed. The process includes applying a formliner material to a mold, the mold having pocket molds for producing formliner pockets and a lattice of ridge molds for producing formliner ridges, then forming the overlapping formliner, the overlapping formliner having a varied ridge width being configured to be positioned to overlap an adjacent formliner, and then demolding the formliner from the mold to produce the formliner having the formliner pockets and the formliner ridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: ARCHITECTURAL POLYMERS, INC.
    Inventors: Marshall Gilbert WALTERS, Richard E. FASCHING
  • Patent number: 8662467
    Abstract: A formliner and master mold are disclosed. The master mold corresponds with the formliner, which includes a plurality of courses, each course having a plurality of pockets, each pocket sized and configured to receive a decorative brick, and a plurality of ridges arranged and disposed to separate the pockets. In the embodiment, the ridge lattice has a first ridge having a dimension that differs from a same dimension of a second ridge or a portion of the first ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Architectural Polymers, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Fasching, Marshall Gilbert Walters
  • Patent number: 8636261
    Abstract: A formliner is disclosed. The formliner includes a plurality of courses, each course having a plurality of pockets, each pocket sized and configured to receive a decorative brick. The formliner is modular in nature and includes a joining portion for overlapping or being overlapped by a second formliner. At least one ridge of the formliner is at least partially within the joining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Architectural Polymers, Inc.
    Inventors: Marshall G. Walters, Richard E. Fasching
  • Publication number: 20120216477
    Abstract: A formliner and master mold are disclosed. The master mold corresponds with the formliner, which includes a plurality of courses, each course having a plurality of pockets, each pocket sized and configured to receive a decorative brick, and a plurality of ridges arranged and disposed to separate the pockets. In the embodiment, the ridge lattice has a first ridge having a dimension that differs from a same dimension of a second ridge or a portion of the first ridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: ARCHITECTURAL POLYMERS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard E. FASCHING, Marshall Gilbert WALTERS
  • Patent number: 8181930
    Abstract: A formliner and master mold are disclosed. The master mold corresponds with the formliner, which includes a plurality of courses, each course having a plurality of pockets, each pocket sized and configured to receive a decorative brick, and a plurality of ridges arranged and disposed to separate the pockets. In the embodiment, each pocket has an angle of rotation in the range of about ?5.0° to about 5.0° and the angle of rotation of at least one pocket is other than 0°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Architectural Polymers, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Fasching, Marshall Gilbert Walters
  • Publication number: 20110073747
    Abstract: The present invention is a formliner apparatus comprising a plurality of substantially planar layers. The formliner further comprises a plurality of ribs extending in a direction away from the substantially planar layers and defining a plurality of recesses within the formliner in conjunction with the substantially planar layers, each of the plurality of ribs extending to a preselected rib plane. The present invention further comprises at least one resilient ridge on each rib defining each recess, each at least one resilient ridge extending into an adjacent recess, wherein each substantially planar layer is substantially parallel with the rib plane and located a preselected variance depth distance from the rib plane, each variance depth distance for at least some of the substantially planar layers being preselected from a preselected variance depth distance range, wherein each preselected variance depth distance not being equal to every other variance depth distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: ARCHITECTURAL POLYMERS, INC.
    Inventor: Marshall Gilbert WALTERS
  • Patent number: 7871054
    Abstract: The present invention is a formliner apparatus comprising a plurality of substantially planar layers. The formliner further comprises a plurality of ribs extending in a direction away from the substantially planar layers and defining a plurality of recesses within the formliner in conjunction with the substantially planar layers, each of the plurality of ribs extending to a preselected rib plane. The present invention further comprises at least one resilient ridge on each rib defining each recess, each at least one resilient ridge extending into an adjacent recess, wherein each substantially planar layer is substantially parallel with the rib plane and located a preselected variance depth distance from the rib plane, each variance depth distance for at least some of the substantially planar layers being preselected from a preselected variance depth distance range, wherein each preselected variance depth distance not being equal to every other variance depth distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Architectural Polymers, Inc.
    Inventor: Marshall Gilbert Walters
  • Publication number: 20100155569
    Abstract: A formliner is disclosed. The formliner includes a plurality of courses, each course having a plurality of pockets, each pocket sized and configured to receive a decorative brick. The formliner is modular in nature and includes a joining portion for overlapping or being overlapped by a second formliner. At least one ridge of the formliner is at least partially within the joining portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: ARCHITECTURAL POLYMERS, INC.
    Inventors: Marshall G. WALTERS, Richard E. FASCHING, II
  • Publication number: 20090100774
    Abstract: A formliner and master mold are disclosed. The master mold corresponds with the formliner, which includes a plurality of courses, each course having a plurality of pockets, each pocket sized and configured to receive a decorative brick, and a plurality of ridges arranged and disposed to separate the pockets. In the embodiment, each pocket has an angle of rotation in the range of about ?5.0° to about 5.0° and the angle of rotation of at least one pocket is other than 0°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: ARCHITECTURAL POLYMERS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard E. FASCHING, Marshall Gilbert WALTERS