| 1. A color blending apparatus for blending different colored semi-dry concrete mixes together, and for delivering the different
colored semi-dry concrete mixes to a mold from a feedbox, the feedbox moving over the mold in a reference direction, the apparatus
comprising:
a conveyor for receiving two or more different colored semi-dry concrete mixes, the semi-dry concrete mixes received in a
controllably variable position with respect to each other, the conveyor capable of movement in a first direction to advance
the two or more different colored semi-dry concrete mixes, and a second direction generally transverse to the first direction;
and
a face mix hopper having a top portion for receiving the two or more different colored semi-dry concrete mixes, the conveyor
capable of movement in the second direction to convey the two or more different colored semi-dry concrete mixes into the top
portion across a width of the face mix hopper, the conveyor capable of depositing each of two or more colored semi-dry concrete
mixes from the conveyor to different lateral positions across the width of the face mix hopper.
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