Concrete molding apparatus including reciprocating belt feeder
AssigneeSociete d'Exploitation des Establishments Minato
InventorYves H. Van de Caveye
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Abstract
A press for molding concrete products comprising a vibrating table, a mold adapted to be put on the vibrating table and to be filled with concrete, a concrete feeding means such as a hopper and means provided between the hopper and the mold to fill the mold with a given amount of concrete, said mold filling means comprising an endless belt conveyor arranged below the hopper and including belt-driving means, and means for bodily displacing the conveyor in a linear reciprocating motion so as to move the forward end of the conveyor above the mold and to bring it back to an initial position.
Claims14
A press for moulding concrete products, comprising a vibrating table, a mould adapted to be put onto the vibrating table and to be filled with concrete, a concrete feed means such as a hopper and means provided between said hopper and said mould to fill said mould with a predetermined amount of concrete, wherein the improvement consists in that the mould filling means comprise an endless belt conveyor arranged below said hopper and including means for driving said belt in a predetermined direction, means for bodily displacing said conveyor according to a linear reciprocating motion so as to pass the forward end of said conveyor above said mould and bring it back to an initial position;
- and means for cleaning the top of said mold attached to reciprocal means supporting the conveyor.
A press for moulding concrete products, comprising a vibrating table, a mould adapted to be put onto the vibrating table and to be filled with concrete, a concrete feed means such as a hopper and means provided between said hopper and said mould to fill said mould with a predetermined amount of concrete, wherein the improvement consists in that the mould filling means comprise an endless belt conveyor arranged below said hopper and including means for driving said belt in a predetermined direction and means for bodily displacing said conveyor according to a linear reciprocating motion so as to pass the forward end of said conveyor above said mould and bring it back to an initial position, said conveyor being reciprocal a distance such that the conveyor discharge end can be moved to a position horizontally spaced from the mould and over recycle means, said recycle means being part of said apparatus.
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