Method of and apparatus for packaging bricks

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A SUBSTANTIALLY SAND-FREE COMPACT RECTANGULAR UNIT PACK OF KILN-PRODUCED BRICKS CONSISTING OF SUPERIMPOSED TIERS OF INDIVIDUAL BRICKS DISPOSED IN FACE-TO-FACE CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP AND ARRANGED IN TRANSVERSE ROWS, AND A TENSIONED METAL BAND ENCIRCLING THE PACK AND EXTENDING AROUND THE FOUR LONGITUDINAL CORNERS THEREOF AND SERVING TO HOLD ADJACENT BRICKS IN CONTIGUITY, SAID METHOD COMPRISING: ARRANGING THE BRICKS TO PRODUCE A STACK IN WHICH THE BRICKS ASSUME A PRE-POSITIONED RELATIONSHIP CONFORMING TO THEIR FINAL POSITIONS IN THE PACK, PLACING THE STACK UNDER TRANSVERSE COMPRESSION TO FORCE ADJACENT BRICKS HARD AGAINST EACH OTHER WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY VIBRATING THE STACK BODILY AS A UNIT TO PRODUCE INTERFACIAL ABRASIVE RUBBING OF SUCH ADJACENT BRICKS AGAINST EACH OTHER AND CONSEQUENT REMOVAL BY GRAVITY OF ADHERING KILN SAND TOGETHER WITH THE PRODUCTS OF ABRASION, AND FINALLY TENSIONING THE BAND ABOUT THE THUS TREATED STACK TO PRODUCE THE UNIT PACK.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A SUBSTANTIALLY SAND-FREE COMPACT RECTANGULAR UNIT PACK OF KILN-PRODUCED BRICKS CONSISTING OF SUPERIMPOSED TIERS OF INDIVIDUAL BRICKS DISPOSED IN FACE-TO-FACE CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP AND ARRANGED IN TRANSVERSE ROWS, AND A TENSIONED METAL BAND ENCIRCLING THE PACK AND EXTENDING AROUND THE FOUR LONGITUDINAL CORNERS THEREOF AND SERVING TO HOLD ADJACENT BRICKS IN CONTIGUITY, SAID METHOD COMPRISING: ARRANGING THE BRICKS TO PRODUCE A STACK IN WHICH THE BRICKS ASSUME A PRE-POSITIONED RELATIONSHIP CONFORMING TO THEIR FINAL POSITIONS IN THE PACK, PLACING THE STACK UNDER TRANSVERSE COMPRESSION TO FORCE ADJACENT BRICKS HARD AGAINST EACH OTHER WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY VIBRATING THE STACK BODILY AS A UNIT TO PRODUCE INTERFACIAL ABRASIVE RUBBING OF SUCH ADJACENT BRICKS AGAINST EACH OTHER AND CONSEQUENT REMOVAL BY GRAVITY OF ADHERING KILN SAND TOGETHER WITH THE PRODUCTS OF ABRASION, AND FINALLY TENSIONING THE BAND ABOUT THE THUS TREATED STACK TO PRODUCE THE UNIT PACK.