FRONT-END TOOL Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC B66C1/32 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: claimed device comprises U-like frame with crossbar provided with hooks and hoot retainers and gripping levers secured from both sides by pins and provided with brackets with grooves, pressure frames, ropes and pulleys arranged on the frame both sides. Gripping levers are connected by side members with pressure levers arranged thereat and provided with pins with clamps secured thereat. Pressure plates include side plates with pulleys connected by crosswise bars with pressure levers mounted thereat and pins with clamps fitted at the ends of the latter while the ends of crosswise rods are fitted the grooves of brackets. Pulleys fitted on pressure frames and those fitted at the same frame side are connected by the ropes running there over in turns, the ends of said ropes being secured to the gripping levers ends while the opposite ends are secured to the crossbar.

EFFECT: handling operation combined with compaction of all rows of brick pyramid, accelerated handling, higher safety of brick stacks.

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