Equipment to load an underlayer in a mould for making cement tile and for similar uses

A device for loading a dosage layer of material at a laying-down position to form a tile comprising, material layer supply means adapted for providing a layer of material in a drawing-up position, bell means having an air-permeable diaphragm and a surrounding edge defining a dosage space for receiving the dosage layer of material, drive means connected to said bell means for intermittently moving said bell means into the drawing-up position to receive a dosage layer of material in said dosage space and then into the laying-down position to release the dosage layer of material, and suction means connected to said bell means for establishing an under pressure in said bell means when said bell means is at the drawing-up position for holding the dosage layer in the dosage space and for establishing atmospheric pressure in said bell means when said bell means is in the laying-down position for releasing the dosage layer of material, said drive means comprising rotary drive means for rotating said bell means angularly from the vicinity of the drawing-up position to the vicinity of the laying-down position, vertical drive means for moving said bell means vertically down into the provided layer of material in the drawing-up position and down into the laying-down position and a column, said bell means comprises a turret carrying a plurality of bells each having a diaphragm and surrounding edge, said turret rotatably and slidably mounted on said column, said rotary drive means comprising a fixed arm connected to and extending radially outwardly of said column, a rotatable arm rotatably mounted to said column, an actuator connected between said fixed and rotatable arms for rotating said rotatable arm, and an engagement pin connected to said rotatable arm and movable by said vertical drive means to engage said turret and rotate said turret.