Automated bricklaying device

Abstract

Abstract 1. AN AUTOMATED BRICKLAYING DEVICE FOR LAYING OUT THE BRICK LINING OF A VESSEL, THE DEVICE COMPRISING: A DELIVERY MEANS FOR DELIVERING A SERIES OF BRICKS IN TURN TO THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE VESSEL TO BE SET AS THE LINING THEREOF; A BRICK POSITIONING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID DELIVERY MEANS FOR BOTH CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AND LATERALLY POSITIONING AND FIRMLY SETTING BRICK IN TURN IN THE LINING AS IT IS DELIVERED TO THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE VESSEL; A SUPPORTING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID DELIVERY MEANS AND SAID BRICK POSITIONING MEANS INSIDE THE VESSEL AND FOR PERMITTING, OF SAID DELIVERY MEANS AND SAID BRICK POSITIONING MEANS, LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT ALONG, RECIPROCAL LATERAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO AND REVOLUTIONAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS THEREOF POSITIONED WITHIN AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE VESSEL TO BE LINED; AN OPERATING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID DELIVERY MEANS AND SAID BRICK POSITIONING MEANS LONGITUDINALLY ALONG, LATERALLY RELATIVE TO AND REVOLUTIONALLY ABOUT SAID AXIS OF SAID SUPPORT MEANS SO AS TO POSITION SAID DELIVERY MEANS AND SAID BRICK POSITIONING MEANS RELATIVE TO THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE VESSEL; AND (A) AUTOMATIC CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLABLY OPERATING SAID OPERATING MEANS (AFTER A BRICK HAS BEEN POSITIONED IN PLACE IN THE LINING FOR PROPERLY POSITIONING SAID DELIVERY MEANS AND SAID BRICK POSITIONING MEANS) INCLUDING MEANS FOR STOPPING SAID OPERATING MEANS WHEN SAID DELIVERY MEANS AND SAID BRICK POSITIONING MEANS ARE PROPERLY POSITIONED FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE NEXT SUCCEEDING BRICK IN THE LINING, SAID MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE LASTLY LAID BRICK IN THE LINING.

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