Article handling and treating system for block making

Claim 1

IN AN ARTICLE HANDLING AND TREATING SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A SOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR THE ARTICLES BEING TREATED, AND COMPRISING AN ARTICLE TREATING CHAMBER, FIRST AND SECOND ELEVATED TRAMLINES DISPOSED IN ADJACENT, SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION AND OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME LENGTH, ONE END OF SAID FIRST TRAMLINE LYING ADJACENT SAID SORUCE OF SUPPLY, ARTICLE CARRYING RACKS CONSTRUCTED TO BE SUSPENDED FROM AND TRAVEL ALONG SAID TRAMLINES, A RACK LOADING STATION ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST TRAMLINE, MEANS FOR CONVEYING THE FRESH ARTICLES FROM SAID SOURCE OF SUPPLY TO SAID RACK LOADING STATION, MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING LOADED RACKS FROM SAID LOADING STATION TO SAID SECOND TRAMLINE AT A POINT NEAR ONE END THEREOF, MEANS FOR PROPELLING SAID LOADED RACKS ALONG SAID SECOND TRAMLINE TO THE OTHER END THEREOF, AND MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING SAID LOADED RACKS FROM SAID OTHER END TO AND DELIVERING THEM INTO SAID ARTICLE TREATING CHAMBER.