BELT PRESS Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: equipment for making building materials and products such as ceramic bricks and blocks by plastic molding of ceramic mass. SUBSTANCE: press includes clay mixer. In housing of clay mixer on common shaft successively from charging zone are arranged: blades and worm, feeder with conveying and reverse worms on the same shaft, discharging chamber with molding apparatus. Housing of mixer is placed in parallel relative to housing of feeder in the same horizontal plane; both housings are joined by means of discharging and return ducts. Discharging duct is provided with cutting unit for guiding ceramic mass to housing of feeder. Return duct arranged in plane of molding apparatus of press is provided with pendulum type lock and severing device in the form of grid. EFFECT: enhanced quality of ceramic products, lowered energy consumption for preparing ceramic mass, reduced metal content of press. 2 cl, 4 dwg