Apparatus to construct wall panels having openings for doors and windows

An apparatus for the production of wall panels having openings for doors and windows by perpendicular superposition of rows of blocks wherein said blocks have mortar disposed between both their horizontal and vertical faces in which said apparatus comprises:

• a. a conveying means adapted to support and transport a row of blocks;
• b. means for aligning said blocks with their intended vertical faces horizontally oriented;
• c. first applying means for applying mortar of a predetermined thickness onto the intended vertical faces of said blocks;
• d. means for turning said blocks by 90.degree. after passage from said first applying means whereby the intended vertical faces are oriented vertically and the intended horizontal faces are oriented horizontally;
• e. means for bringing the intended vertical faces together to form vertical joints;
• f. second applying means for applying mortar of a predetermined thickness onto said intended horizontal faces of said turned blocks;
• g. second aligning means disposed adjacent to an end section of said conveying means for aligning portions of a row of blocks into groups which form piers when rows of blocks comprising said groups are stacked on top of another;
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• h. means for transporting a predetermined number of said blocks onto a horizontal support so that a row of a wall panel of such blocks is formed.