Apparatus for producing masonry blocks and the like

Abstract

Abstract A CONCRETE BLOCK FORMING MACHINE WHICH BASICALLY INCLUDES A REVOLUBLE DRUM HAVING MOUNTED WITHIN ITS INTERIOR FOR ROTATION ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS A PLURALITY OF MOLD BOXES WHICH ARE UNIFORMLY SPACED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ABOUT THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE DRUM, FOR MOVEMENT SUCCESSIVELY FROM A STATION LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE DRUM AT WHICH A MOLD BOX IS CHARGED WITH CONCRETE TO A STATION LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DRUM AT WHICH THE MOLD BOX IS STRIPPED OF THE CONCRETE BLOCK FORMED THEREIN. IN THE MACHINE AS DISCLOSED THE MOLD BOXES ARE FOUR IN NUMBER AND SO ARE SPACED NINETY DEGREES APART, WITH EACH BOX MOVING THROUGH AN ARC OF 180 DEGREES FROM THE MOLD CHARGING STATION TO THE BLOCK STRIPPING STATION. IN ADDITION TO THE REVOLUBLE DRUM WITH ITS INTERIORLY MOUNTED MOLD BOXES, THE MACHINE INCLUDES IN THE BASE THEREOF OPERATING MECHANISM FOR EFFECTING ROTATION OF THE DRUM AND THUS SUCCESSIVE POSITIONMENT OF THE SEVERAL MOLD BOXES AT THE CONCRETE CHARGING STATION, WHICH OPERATING MECHANISM ALSO INCLUDES MEANS FOR EFFECTING VIBRATION OF EACH OF THE MOLD BOXES DURING THE INTERVAL OF TIME THAT IT IS BEING CHARGED WITH CONCRETE AS WELL AS DURING AN IN- TERVAL JUST PRIOR TO ITS BEING STRIPPED OF THE BLOCK FORMED THEREIN.

Inventors

• 👤 Leo D Zmania

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