Clay pipe take-out device

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IN COMBINATION WITH CLAY PIPE EXTRUDING MACHINERY HAVING A BELL FORMER MOLD AND CUTTER FOR INTERMITTENTLY HORIZONTALLY EXTRUDING AND SEVERING LENGTHS OF TUBULAR PIPE WITH A BELL SHAPE ON ONE END THEREOF, TAKE-OUT APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING, TRANSFERRING AND UPENDING THE PIPE WITH A MINIMUM OF PIPE HANDLING COMPRISING; A CARRIAGE, TRANSFER MEANS ON SAID CARRIAGE, NORMALLY HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING CRADLE MEANS CARRIED BY SAID TRANSFER MEANS AND HAVING A CYLINDRICALLY CURVED PIPE RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING SURFACE, SAID CRADLE MEANS INCLUDING GRIPPING MEANS FOR GRIPPING THE PIPE AGAINST SAID RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING SURFACE, SAID TRANSFER MEANS HAVING MOTIVE MEMBERS FOR MOVING SAID CRADLE MEANS RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING SURFACE INTO ADJACENT AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID MOLD FOR HORIZONTALLY RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING THE PIPE ON SAID CRADLE MEANS, GUIDE MEMBERS EXTENDING LATERALLY AWAY FROM SAID MOLD AND ENGAGING SAID CARRIAGE FOR GUIDING SAID CARRIAGE LATERALLY AWAY FROM SAID MOLD WITH THE PIPE THEREON, MOTIVE MEANS ENGAGING SAID CARRIAGE FOR MOVING SAID CARRIAGE ON SAID GUIDE MEMBERS FROM AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID MOLD TO A TILTING STATION, TILTING MEANS ENGAGING SAID CARRIAGE FOR TILTING SAID RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING SURFACE FROM A HORIZONTAL POSITION TO A VERTICAL POSITION FOLLOWING MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIAGE TO SAID TILTING STATION, AND MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID GRIPPING MEANS TO MAINTAIN THE PIPE FIXED AGAINST SAID RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING SURFACE DURING VERTICAL TILTING, SAID LAST NAMED MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASE SAID GRIPPING MEANS FOR VERTICAL RELEASE OF THE PIPE FROM SAID RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING SURFACE, SAID PIPE REMAINING IN FIXED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING SURFACE FROM HORIZONTAL RECEIPT AXIALLY OF SAID MOLD TO VERTICAL RELEASE.