Apparatus for manufacturing molded articles from a kneadable material, e.g., clay

摘要

Apparatus by which moulded articles are manufactured from clay, a continuously produced strand of the material in question is sprinkled with sand, whereafter at one location a piece is severed from the end of the strand at regular intervals, by a cutting apparatus, which piece then enters a mould. In the course of all phases of the process the strand and each severed piece thereof remain directed along one vertical downwardly directed line of movement.