BATTERY MOLD FOR MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES BY PIECES, FOR INSTANCE, BUILDING BLOCKS Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: manufacture of building materials. SUBSTANCE: the offered mold has exterior and middle side members attached to flexible cross-members. Cells with flexible bottom, separating and end-face walls have supports engageable with side member supports. Exterior side members interconnected by tie-rods provided with clamping wedges. Installed on exterior side members are brackets with chamfer whose angle equalling the angle required for turning of exterior side members to remove forms. Secured to brackets are loops in which bars are installed. Bars are engageable with supports of middle side members and limiting the turning of exterior side members and displacement of middle side members in removal of forms. To assist in handling the mold, its slinging journals are installed so that their axis is located between center of gravity of mold with articles and center of gravity of mold without articles. EFFECT: simplified design, reduced labor input in removal of forms, and higher productivity. 3 cl, 6 dwg