Apparatus for manufacturing ceramic articles

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ELONGATE CERAMIC ARTICLES CLOSED AT ONE END AND SYMMETRICAL ABOUT A LONGITUDINAL AXIS COMPRISING A BASE, A PAIR OF SPACED VERTICAL SUPPORTS ON SAID BASE, A PAIR OF VERTICAL TRACKS ONE ON EACH VERTICAL SUPPORT, A VERTICALLY MOVABLE CARRIAGE SUPPORTED BY SAID TRACKS, MEANS TO TRAVERSE SAID VERTICALLY MOVABLE CARRIAGE ALONG SAID TRACKS, A HORIZONTALLY POSITIONED SHAFT ROTATABLY SUPPORTED BY SAID VERTICALLY MOVABLE CARRIAGE, A GUIDEWAY SUPPORTED BY AND ROTATABLE WITH SAID SHAFT, A RADIALLY MOVABLE SLIDE SUPPORTED BY AND ROTATABLE WITH SAID GUIDEWAY IN A PREDETERMINED FIRST VERTICAL PLANE, MEANS FOR FLAME SPRAYING CERAMIC MATERIAL SUPPORTED BY SAID RADIALLY MOVABLE SLIDE, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SHAFT TO ROTATE SAID MEANS FOR FLAME SPRAYING CERAMIC MATERIAL ABOUT SAID SHAFT RELATIVE TO SAID VERTICALLY MOVABLE CARRIAGE IN A SECOND VERTICAL PLANE SPACED FROM AND PARALLEL TO THE FIRST VERTICAL PLANE, A HOLLOW PATTERN SITUATED ON THE BASE WITH ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS DISPOSED VERTICALLY SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH THE SECOND VERTICAL PLANE, MEANS OPERABLE TO ROTATE SAID PATTERN ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS, MEANS TO DISTRIBUTE A TEMPERATURE STABILIZING MEDIUM AGAINST THE INSIDE OF THE PATTERN, MEANS OPERABLE TO ACTUATE SAID TRAVERSING MEANS AND SAID ROTATING MEANS IN A PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE TO TRAVERSE THE MEANS FOR FLAME SPRAYING CERAMIC MATERIAL LENGTHWISE OF ONE SIDE, AROUND ONE END AND LENGTHWISE OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PATTERN, AND MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID VERTICAL SUPPORTS ENGAGING SAID RADIALLY MOVABLE SLIDE AND EFFECTIVE TO MAINTAIN THE MEANS FOR FLAME SPRAYING CERAMIC MATERIAL AT A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM THE PATTERN WHILE IT IS TRAVERSED ABOUT THE PATTERN.