Machine for making prestressed concrete members

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING PRESTRESSED CONCRETE MEMBERS COMPRISING, AN ENDLESS PATH, A CURING TUNNEL HOUSING A PORTION OF THE PATH, A CONCRETE MEMBER FORMING MACHINE HAVING AN ENTRANCE END AND AN EXIT END ADJACENT SPACED POSITIONS ALONG THE PATH REMOVED FROM THE CURING TUNNEL, A PLURALITY OF CARS MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT ALONG THE PATH, MEANS TO MOVE THE CARS ALONG THE PATH, A PLURALITY OF PALLETS IN WHICH CONCRETE MEMBERS CAN BE FORMED AND CURED CARRIED ON THE CARS AND THE FORMING MACHINE, THE PALLETS EACH HAVING MEANS TO HOLD STRESSING CABLES UNDER TENSION, MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING PALLETS SINGLY FROM CARS ONTO THE ENTRANCE END OF THE FORMING MACHINE, MEANS ON THE FORMING MACHINE TO MOVE PALLETS FROM THE ENTRANCE END TO THE EXIT END, AND MEANS TO TRANSFER PALLETS FROM THE EXIT END OF THE FORMING MACHINE ONTO CARS ON THE PATH, WHEREBY PRESTRESSED CONCRETE MEMBERS MAY BE FORMED ON PALLETS ON THE FORMING MACHINE, CARRIED THROUGH THE CURING TUNNEL, AND PALLETS CONTAINING CURED MEMBERS TRANSFERRED BACK ONTO THE FORMING MACHINE.