Device for cutting into slabs a block of not yet entirely solidified cellular concrete or another plastic material

Claim 1

A device for moving material, comprising: a. a rotatable cage having a horizontal axis of rotation; b. a pair of trolley guides coupled to the inside of the cage at right angles to each other and extending parallel to the horizontal axis, each of the guides being movable toward and away from the axis; c. an underframe having wheels and drive means, the cage being supported by the underframe; d. means responsive to the drive means for simultaneously revolving the cage through 90* and rectilinearly translating the cage, in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation, between first and second horizontally spaced positions, whereby when the cage is in the first position one of the guides is horizontally located and when the cage is in the second position the other of the guides is horizontally located; e. a first trolley conveyor having a feed-in part and an aligned feed-out part, the feed-in and feed-out parts each having an end for engaging flush with a different one of the ends of said one of the guides when the cage is in the first position; and f. a second trolley conveyor having a feed-in part and an aligned feed-out part, the feed-in and feed-out parts each having an end for engaging flush with a different one of the ends of said other of the guides when the cage is in the second position.

Claim 2

A device for moving material, comprising: a. a rotatable cage having a horizontal axis of rotation; b. a pair of trolley guides coupled to the inside of the cage at right angles to each other and extending parallel to the horizontal axis, each of the guides being movable toward and away from the axis; c. an underframe having wheels and drive means, the cage being supported by the underframe; d. means responsive to the drive means for simultaneously revolving the cage through 90* and rectilinearly translating the cage, in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation, between first and second horizontally spaced positions, whereby when the cage is in the first position one of the guides is horizontally located and when the cage is in the second position the other of the guides is horizontally located; e. a first trolley conveyor having a feed-in part and an aligned feed-out part, the feed-in and feed-out parts each having an end for engaging flush with a different one of the ends of said one of the guides when the cage is in the first position; and f. a second trolley conveyor having a feed-in part and an aligned feed-out part, the feed-in and feed-out parts each having an end for engaging flush with a different one of the ends of said other of the guides when the cage is in the second position.

Claim 3

A device for moving material, comprising: a. a rotatable cage having a horizontal axis of rotation; b. a pair of guides coupled to the inside of the cage at right angles to each other and extending parallel to the horizontal axis; c. an underframe having wheels, drive means coupled directly to the wheels, at least a pair of rotatably supported rollers, at least one cage supporting ring, the ring being supported by the supported rollers and having a centerline coincident with the horizontal axis, said ring having a radially extending member in which there is located a radially extending slit; d. a pin extending into the slit and fixed to ground, the pin being slidable along the length of the slit, whereby actuation of the drive means simultaneously revolves the cage through 90* and rectilinearly translates the cage between first and second horizontally spaced positions so that when the cage is in the first position one of the guides is horizontally located and when the cage is in the second position the other of the guides is horizontally located; e. a first conveyor having a feed-in part and an aligned feed-out part, the feed-in and feed-out parts each having an end which is flush with a different one of the ends of said one of the guides when the cage is in the first position; and f. a second conveyor having a feed-in part and an aligned feed-out part, the feed-in and feed-out parts each having an end which is flush with a different one of the ends of said other of the guides when the cage is in the second position.

Claim 4

A device for moving material, comprising: a. a rotatable cage having a horizontal axis of rotation; b. a pair of guides coupled to the inside of the cage at right angles to each other and extending parallel to the horizontal axis; c. an underframe having wheels, drive means coupled directly to the wheels, at least a pair of rotatably supported rollers, at least one cage supporting ring, the ring being supported by the supported rollers and having a centerline coincident with the horizontal axis, said ring having a radially extending member in which there is located a radially extending slit; d. a pin extending into the slit and fixed to ground, the pin being slidable along the length of the slit, whereby actuation of the drive means simultaneously revolves the cage through 90* and rectilinearly translates the cage between first and second horizontally spaced positions so that when the cage is in the first position one of the guides is horizontally located and when the cage is in the second position the other of the guides is horizontally located; e. a first conveyor having a feed-in part and an aligned feed-out part, the feed-in and feed-out parts each having an end which is flush with a different one of the ends of said one of the guides when the cage is in the first position; and f. a second conveyor having a feed-in part and an aligned feed-out part, the feed-in and feed-out parts each having an end which is flush with a different one of the ends of said other of the guides when the cage is in the second position.