公开(公告)号：US20240166564A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-23

申请号：US18421004

申请日：2024-01-24

申请人： Lithic Industries Holding Co

发明人： Todd Denton ,  Michael Doty ,  Griffith J. Williams ,  Samuel Lopez ,  Kameron Anthony Hill ,  Johnathan Ross ,  Dyllon Hagan ,  Timothy James Kennedy ,  Mac Steele

IPC分类号： C04B26/04 ,  B28B3/20 ,  C04B14/28

CPC分类号： C04B26/045 ,  B28B3/20 ,  C04B14/28 ,  B28B2003/203

摘要： A polymer masonry unit (PMU) and methods and systems for forming PMUs are presented. In embodiments, a PMU may be made from a PMU mixture of a polymer, a quarry byproduct, such as a limestone aggregate, and water. The PMU may be ambient-dried to become a brick unit. The proportions of the PMU mixture may include 1-10% polymer, 80-90% quarry byproduct, and 1-10% water. The process for making a brick using the PMU of embodiments may avoid a kiln-firing process, which is costly, creates waste, and consumes significant energy. Furthermore, the PMU mixture may be formulated to enable the PMU mixture to be extruded from an extruder, enabling a system for making bricks to take advantage of the extrusion method, which can be very efficient and cost-effective for making bricks, and which is currently not possible with existing techniques and systems.