System for manufacturing pre-cast building stone

Claim 1

IN A SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING PRE-CAST BUILDING STONE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED PALLETS FOR SUPPORTING SAID STONE DURING THE CURING THEREOF; MEANS FOR MOLDING SAID STONE ON SAID PALLETS, SAID MOLDING MEANS HAVING AN INLET END FOR RECEIVING SAID PALLETS, AND AN OUTLET END FROM WHICH PALLETS BEARING MOLDED, UNCURED STONE ARE DISCHARGED; A FIRST HORIZONTAL ELONGATED TRACKWAY EXTENDING TO THE INLET END OF SAID MOLDING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND GUIDING A SERIES OF ELONGATED PALLETS ALIGNED LONGITUDINALLY THEREON AS THEY ARE MOVED SEQUENTIALLY INTO SAID MOLDING MEANS; A SECOND HORIZONTAL ELONGATED TRACKWAY FOR SUPPORTING AND GUIDING IN HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT THEREALONG, ELONGATED PALLETS DISCHARGED FROM SAID MOLDING MEANS, SAID SECOND HORIZONTAL ELONGATED TRACKWAY INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTALLY SPACED SECTIONS; A KILN FOR CURING STONE IN PLACE ON SAID PALLETS, SAID KILN HAVING AN ENTRANCE END AND A DISCHARGE END, AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE PALLET RECEIVING TIER DISPOSED ABOVE SAID SECOND HORIZONTAL TRACKWAY; MEANS FOR LIFTING A PALLET FROM SAID SECOND HORIZONTAL TRACKWAY AND MOVING SAID PALLET HORIZONTALLY INTO SAID KILN, SAID MEANS INCLUDING VERTICALLY MOVABLE PALLET CARRIAGE MEANS INCLUDING HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING ARMS EACH MOVABLE IN A VERTICAL PLANE BETWEEN SAID HORIZONTALLY SPACED SECTIONS TO FACILITATE LIFTING SAID ELONGATED PALLETS FROM SAID SECOND TRACKWAY; AN ELONGATED PALLET SUPPORTING RACK HAVING ONE OF ITS ENDS LOCATED ADJACENT SAID FIRST TRACKWAY, AND HAVING ITS OTHER END REMOTELY LOCATED WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST TRACKWAY; MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRING SINGLE PALLETS ONE AFTER THE OTHER FROM SAID RACK TO SAID FIRST TRACKWAY, TO FACILITATE LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT OF SAID PALLETS ON SAID FIRST TRACKWAY; CONVEYOR MEANS EXTENDING BETWEEN THE DISCHARGE END OF SAID KILN AND SAID OTHER END OF THE PALLET SUPPORTING RACK; MEANS FOR REMOVING A PALLET SUPPORTING CURED STONE FROM SAID KILN AND PLACING SAID PALLET UPON SAID CONVEYOR MEANS; AND MEANS FOR MOVING A PALLET OFF SAID CONVEYOR MEANS AND ONTO SAID RACK.