Device for manufacturing bricks

A device for manufacturing bricks with smooth side surfaces, said device comprising a conveyor carrying a plurality of mould containers in a circulating path, each of said mould containers having a movable bottom, a first holder for releasing material positioned adjacent said conveyor, a means for providing said releasing material on only the bottom of each of said mould containers, a second holder for clay positioned adjacent said conveyor downstream of said first holder, means for carrying clay out of said second holder and into said mould containers, means for trimming excess clay from said mould containers, means for placing a drying plate onto filled each mould container, a first means for displacing the bottom of each mould container and thereby ejecting a formed brick with smooth sides, wherein said releasing material providing means is a means for throwing up releasing material onto the bottoms of the mould containers positioned under a lower part of the conveyor, and further including a second means for displacing the bottom of each mould until the bottom is moved outside of the mould container when each mould container is adjacent the throw-up means.