Title: Building elements

Abstract: An apparatus for the accurate placing of building elements such as bricks or blocks which has an assembly rotatably mounted on a support which is itself mounted for movement parallel and normal to a guideway. The assembly includes means for dispensing and placing jointing or packing material such as mortar prior to the placing of a building element and gripper means for transferring the building elements from a supply area to a predetermined placement point. The apparatus also includes means for rotating the assembly relative to the support and alignment means which, when the apparatus is in use, position the assembly independently of the building elements already placed.

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Inventors: Lowen, Michael David (Berkhamsted, EN)

Application Number: 505337
Filing Date: 1974-09-12
Publication_date: 1976-04-20
Assignee: John Laing & Son Limited (London, EN)
Primary Class(es): 52/749.14 414/10
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US Patent Ref:

1469200	Sep, 1923	Wallace	212/41.
1521246	Dec, 1924	Lichtenberg	212/41.
2599552	Jun, 1952	Harney	52/749.
2692527	Oct, 1954	Wetzel et al.	33/286.
3039233	Jun, 1962	Holmes	52/749.
3167864	Feb, 1965	Lange	33/88.
3177621	Apr, 1965	Demarest	52/749.
3384247	May, 1968	Teagle	214/1.
3498473	Mar, 1970	Spaulding et al.	212/41.
3685673	Aug, 1972	Schweis	212/8.

Other Refs: 890,7361,302,121

Mar, 1962	UK
Jul, 1962	FR

Primary Examiner: Purser, Ernest R.
Assistant Examiner: Ridgill, Jr., James L.
Attorney: Kenyon & Kenyon Reilly Carr & Chapin