Block making apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING CONCRETE BLOCKS COMPRISING A BLOCK MAKING MACHINE PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF GREEN CONCRETE BLOCKS PER CYCLE THEREOF, AND PLACING SAID BLOCKS ON A PALLET, A PLURALITY OF CONCRETE CURING KILNS, EACH HAVING A CAPACITY FOR CURING ONLY A FRACTION OF THE TOTAL OUTPUT OF SAID BLOCK MAKING MACHINE FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME REQUIRED FOR THE CURING OF BLOCKS PRODUCED BY SAID BLOCK MAKING MACHINE, EACH OF SAID KILNS COMPRISING A KILN CHAMBER WITHIN WHICH IS A CONVEYOR EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF SAID CHAMBER, A SERIES OF SIMILAR PALLETS SUPPORTED ON SAID CONVEYOR, AND SPACE BETWEEN EACH SAID PALLET AND ROOF OF SAID KILN CHAMBER, SAID SPACE BEING ADEQUATE TO ACCOMMODATE ONLY ONE LAYER OF BLOCKS ON EACH SAID PALLET ON SAID CONVEYOR WITH IN SAID KILN, DRIVE MEANS FOR SAID CONVEYOR MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED THERETO, A CONVEYOR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM LOCATED BETWEEN SAID BLOCK MAKING MACHINE AND SAID KILNS, SAID DISTRIBUTION CONVEYOR SYSTEM COMPRISING A MAIN DISTRIBUTION CONVEYOR LINE SUBASSEMBLY BETWEEN THE BLOCK MAKING MACHINE AND THE KILNS OPERABLE TO TRANSFER BLOCKS FROM THE BLOCK MAKING MACHINE TO THE KILNS AND FROM THE KILNS TO A STORAGE STATION, THE MAIN DISTRIBUTION LINE COMPRISING A FEED DISTRIBUTION CONVEYOR ON ONE TIER AND A SUPPORT FRAME THEREFOR AND A DISCHARDE DISTRIBUTION CONVEYOR ON A SECOND TIER AND A SUPPORT FRAME THEREFOR, A MOBILE CHARGE CONVEYOR BETWEEN THE FEED DISTRIBUTION CONVEYOR AND THE KILNS CONNECTING THAT CONVEYOR WITH ANY OF THE KILNS AND OPERABLE TO CHARGE THE KILNS, A MOBILE DISCHARGE CONVEYOR BETWEEN THE DISCHARGE DISTRIBUTION CONVEYOR AND THE KILNS CONNECTING THE DISCHARGE DISTRIBUTION CONVEYOR WITH ANY OF THE KILNS AND OPERABLE TO DISCHARGE THE KILNS, SAID MOBILE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE CONVEYORS BEING MOVABLE PARALLEL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID FEED DISTRIBUTION CONVEYOR AND DISCHARGE DISTRIBUTION CONVEYORS, RESPECTIVELY, SAID FEED DISTRIBUTOR CONVEYOR BEING IN PART LOCATED ADJACENT TO SAID BLOCK MACHINE AND ADAPTED TO OPERATE CONTINUOUSLY TO RECEIVE THE OUTPUT OF SAID BLOCK MAKING MACHINE, SAID FEED DISTRIBUTION CONVEYOR AND DISCHARGE DISTRIBUTION CONVEYOR BEING FREE OF INTERSECTION THEREBETWEEN, MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY APPLYING TO EACH OF THE KILNS A SEPARATE PROGRAM OF HEATING, CURING AND DISCHARGING OF THE CONTENTS OF EACH OF THE SAID KILNS AND EACH OF SAID KILNS BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY AND CONSECUTIVELY APPLYING TO EACH