Method and apparatus for cleaning used bricks
OwnerNeville C. Terbrugge, Gary Terbrugge +1inventors
InventorsNeville C. Terbrugge, Gary Terbrugge, Raymond W. Sifly
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Abstract
A machine for cleaning mortar from used bricks and the like comprising a hopper for moving bricks onto a feeding position at one end of a channel, a ram for pushing one brick after another, each brick pushing a series of preceding bricks, from the feeding position along the channel and through gangs of interleaved spur gear assemblies which crumble the brick mortar and then through scrapers which remove the crumbled mortar from the bricks. The spur gear assemblies are biased to accommodate different sizes of bricks and the hopper moves the bricks into feeding position one at a time.
Claims24
A machine for removing mortar from used bricks and the like comprising:
- a frame;
- a channel attached to said frame, said channel having a first end and a second end;
- a means for pushing bricks onto said first end of said channel, said pushing means in spaced relation to said first end of said channel, each brick pushing a preceding brick along said channel toward said second end;
- means for crumbling mortar on bricks moving on said channel, said crumbling means adjacent said channel and in contact with bricks on said channel, said crumbling means further comprises gangs of interleaved spur gear assemblies in spaced relation to said channel so that said spur gear assemblies press against said bricks to penetrate and crumble said mortar on said bricks as said bricks move on said channel from said first end to said second end;
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- means for scraping crumbled mortar from said bricks as said bricks approach said second end of said channel.
A machine for removing mortar from used bricks and the like comprising:
- a frame having a channel, said channel having a first end and a second end;
- a means for feeding bricks onto said first end of said channel, said feeding means in operative connection with said channel;
- gangs of interleaved spur gear assemblies on three adjacent sides of bricks on said channel;
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- means for scraping crumbled mortar from said bricks as said bricks approach said second end of said channel.
A method for removing mortar from bricks and the like comprising the steps of:
- placing a plurality of bricks in a hopper;
- moving said plurality of bricks to a feed position;
- pushing said plurality of bricks from said feed position onto a channel one brick at a time;
- crumbling mortar on the sides of said first brick with gangs of interleaved spur gears;
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- scraping said crumbled mortar from the sides of said first brick.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.