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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4961683 | Device for aligning and lifting blocks in kiln cars The invention aligns rows of blocks extending parallel to one another which are supported by a kiln car. The device provided holds the kiln car in a desired position relative to the device, then an up-and-down movable lifting mechanism provided with clamp... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4815782 | Grappling device A grappling device comprises an arm formed from a closed ended, inflatable tube (5) having a plurality of generally parallel, longitudinally spaced bands (15) disposed therearound for limiting the radial distention of the arm when inflated. A longitudinal... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4790587 | Gripping device The invention relates to a gripping device with two spaced gripping elements of which at least one has a backing member with a flexible membrane secured thereto on its side facing the other gripping element. The gripping membrane encloses a pressure space... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4270789 | Airbag setter An improved gripper member for airbag setters formed by a pair of perforated plate members depending from an air manifold and separated at the top, then preferably converging and secured together at the bottom. A sheet of air impervious flexible material ... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4182442 | Brick handling and forming voids in layers of bricks Method and apparatus wherein bricks are taken from a kiln car in two or more groups of multilayered bricks, and then moved to a shuttle station alongside a horizontal tray conveyor for loading the bricks thereon. At the discharge end of the tray conveyor,... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4119217 | Method and apparatus for hacking bricks Method and apparatus for hacking green bricks for eventual introduction into a kiln; wherein bricks are placed on a spread table in parallel rows, and the spread table is actuated to space each of the rows of bricks from each other at distances greater th... | 10/10/1978 |
