Rail mounted apparatus for manufacturing concrete poles

Claim 1

Movable apparatus, for manufacturing concrete poles, which includes a train of cars movably running on rails, comprising: a boiler car having a boiler disposed thereon for supplying steam for use in a curing operation of said concrete poles; a wire storage car connected to said boiler car having wires stored thereon for use in forming a wire cage for said concrete poles; a caging stand car connected to said wire storage car having wire caging machines and an upsetter device disposed thereon for fabricating reinforcing wire cages from said stored wires; a molding shop car connected to said caging stand car having a mold disposed thereon, for receiving said wire cage therewithin, and concrete supply means secured thereto for supplying concrete to said mold; a spinning machine car connected to said molding shop car having a spinning machine disposed thereon for spinning said mold when charged with concrete; at least one empty car connected to said spinning machine car for receiving said mold therefrom subsequent to a spinning operation; a steam curing room disposed adjacent to said empty car for receiving said mold therefrom and having means disposed thereon for curing said concrete therewithin in the presence of steam supplied to said curing room from said boiler; a demolding shop car disposed adjacent to said curing room for receiving said concrete poles when the same are removed from said mold after said curing operation; a tractor connected to said train at one end thereof for moving said cars along said rails; a mold traverser mounted upon a supplementary rail dispposed parallel to said train rails; and a plurality of mono-rails hoist means mounted upon rails disposed transversely of said train rails and said supplementary rail, said demolding shop car and said steam curing room being disposed beneath one of said hoist means, whereby said hoists can move said molds between said train, disposed upon said train rails, and said traverser, as well as between said train and said steam curing room and said demolding shop car.