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US 7,111,437 B2Granted
Apparatus for making brick wall elements
OwnerDieter Ainedterinventor
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For producing wall panels (8) from bricks (1), a line-up path (4) on which bricks to be masoned are deposited in a row with a gripper, a transfer device (10) for transporting the brick row from the line-up path (4) to a bricklaying station (7) for masoning the wall panel, and a device for moving apart the bricks to form vertical joints (9) between the bricks (1) of the wall panel (8) are provided. The gripper depositing the bricks (1) on the line-up path (4) is formed by a depiling gripper (3) that depiles the bricks (1) of a pile (2) in rows with its two longitudinal grippers (13, 14). The device for moving apart the bricks (1) is formed by transverse grippers (21, 21a) disposed on the depiling gripper (3) between the longitudinal grippers (13, 14), said transverse grippers (21, 21a) individually holding the bricks (1) of the brick row depiled with the longitudinal grippers (13, 14) and being formed to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the depiling gripper (3).
An apparatus for moving a row of bricks from a brick pile to a line-up path on which the row of bricks to be masoned are deposited, the apparatus comprising a longitudinal gripping device that depiles a row of bricks from a pile by two spaced longitudinal grippers that engage opposite ends of the brick row, and a separating device for longitudinally moving apart the bricks in the depiled row including transverse grippers disposed between said longitudinal grippers that individually hold the bricks of the brick row depiled with the longitudinal grippers.
A method of moving a plurality of bricks from a first location to a second location, comprising the steps of:
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