Claims
- 1. In an apparatus for making bricks which includes a molding means having a mold and supply of liquefied hardenable material, the improvement comprising inlet and outlet conveyor means associated with said molding means, at least one pallet carried by said conveyor means, a first hopper located adjacent to said inlet conveyor means and containing a first supply of flowable coloring material, first dispensing means for selectively discharging coloring material from said first hopper onto said pallet as said inlet conveyor means moves said pallet past said first hopper, said brick making apparatus including a mold and means to position said mold in engagement with said pallet to mold at least one brick on said pallet with one side of said brick engaging said coloring material and means to remove said mold from said pallet, a second hopper located adjacent to said outlet conveyor means and containing a second supply of flowable coloring material, second dispensing means for selectively discharging coloring material from said second hopper onto the opposite side of said brick carried by said pallet, and means for saturating said second coloring material on said brick, whereby coloring material is applied substantially to opposite sides only of said brick.
- 2. The structure of claim 1 including means for spreading said second coloring material on said opposite side of said brick.
- 3. The structure of claim 1 in which each of said first and second dispensing means includes a slide plate operated by a fluid cylinder.
- 4. The structure of claim 1 in which said first dispensing means includes an inclined chute.
- 5. The structure of claim 1 in which each of said first and second dispensing means is controlled by switch means which is operated by said pallet.
Parent Case Info
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 919,529, filed June 26, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,178,340.
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Divisions (1)
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