John Wesley Buckner

US Patent:

41739116, Nov 13, 1979

Filed:

May 30, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/910647

Inventors:

Cletus E. Lineberry - Staley NC
John G. Buckner - Ramseur NC
Jimmy W. Harris - Siler City NC

International Classification:

B26D 706
B28B 1114

US Classification:

83 29

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for hacking and stacking brick. Brick slugs are received on an off bearing belt and transferred to a discharge area. At the discharge area, a pusher on a fore stroke engages a slug on the off bearing belt and pushes the same onto a receiving area. While the slug is being pushed on the fore stroke, another slug arrives at the discharge area, and the pusher on the aft stroke engages this slug and pushes the same off the other side of the off bearing belt onto an elevator assembly aligned with the off bearing belt which then moves up to a raised position aligned with a second receiving area. A second pusher driven in time relationship with the other pusher then moves the brick slug from the raised elevator assembly onto the second receiving area. The elevator assembly is then returned to its lower position and the steps referred to above is repeated such that during this operation the two pushers advance accumulated brick slugs across each receiving area and through a wire bank cutting brick assembly. After cutting, respective rows of cut brick then fall from a terminal edge of said second receiving area downwardly onto cut brick being advanced from and across said first receiving area to form a two course high stack of cut brick.

US Patent:

41739108, Nov 13, 1979

Filed:

May 30, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/910646

Inventors:

Cletus E. Lineberry - Staley NC
John G. Buckner - Ramseur NC
Jimmy W. Harris - Siler City NC

International Classification:

B26D 706
B28B 1114

US Classification:

83 29

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for hacking brick specifically involving the stacking of uncured or green brick into a two course high brick stack prior to the bricks being transferred and stacked onto a kiln car for curing and drying. As a part of the method and apparatus of the present invention, slugs of brick material are received and successively pushed by a first pusher through a wire type brick cutter onto a receiving table, each slug resulting in a series of aligned bricks disposed in side-by-side relationship and referred to as a brick row. A vertically movable elevator assembly is mounted adjacent the supply table and includes at least two vertically spaced receiving levels formed therein with each receiving level being adapted to receive and support a row of bricks. As the elevator assembly is actuated up and down, individual brick rows are pushed into each of the respective receiving levels of the elevator assembly. A second pusher is cooperable with said first pusher to effectively simultaneously discharge both rows of bricks from said elevator assembly onto an adjacent receiving table with the uppermost row of brick falling onto and being supported by the lowermost row of brick to form a two course high brick stack.

US Patent:

46465987, Mar 3, 1987

Filed:

Oct 22, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/663407

Inventors:

Cletus E. Lineberry - Staley NC
John G. Buckner - Ramseur NC
Jimmy W. Harris - Siler City NC

International Classification:

B26D 1553

US Classification:

83 56

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a brick cutting and handling apparatus having a movable wire bank cutter assembly. The wire bank cutter assembly is movably confined within a holding frame structure and is movable generally vertically up and down therein in a rectilinear fashion. As a respective brick slug is pushed through the wire bank cutter assembly, the wire bank cutter assembly is moved generally downwardly. This vertical downward movement tends to form a swirl-like configuration on opposite sides of the individual cut brick. Further, roots, sprigs and other such debris are often caught on the respective wires of the wire bank cutter assembly as respective brick slugs are pushed therethrough. This vertical up and down movement of the wire bank cutter assembly tends to pull such roots, sprigs, etc. , from the respective slugs and once pulled from the slug or slugs, these same roots, sprigs, etc.