IP Library Granted Patent US 7,651,327
Granted Patent B2
US 7,651,327 · App. 10/904,738 · Granted Jan 26, 2010

Production line for producing sheets based on hydraulic binder and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,651,327
App. No.
10/904,738
Granted
Jan 26, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A production line for producing sheets based on hydraulic binder, the production line including in an upstream zone of the production line, marking device for marking a facing material of the preform with a mark; in a downstream zone of the production line, detecting device for detecting the mark made by the marking device; a cutting device; and an actuating device for actuating said cutting device after receiving a detection signal from the detection device.

Claims (43)

1. A production line for producing sheets based on hydraulic binder from a preform, comprising:

in an upstream zone of the production line, a marking device for marking a facing material of the preform with a mark;

in a downstream zone of the production line, a detecting device for detecting the mark made by the marking device;

a cutting device;

an actuating device for actuating said cutting device after receiving a detection signal from the detecting device;

an additional detecting device for detecting the mark so that the mark is detected at least twice;

a device for making an impression in the preform; and

an additional actuating device for actuating said device for making an impression in the preform after receiving a detection signal from the additional detecting device, wherein

the mark is distinct from the impression.

2. The production line according to claim 1 , wherein the marking device comprise a piece forming an inking stamp.

3. The production line according to claim 1 , wherein the detecting device comprise a photoelectric sensor.

4. The production line according to claim 1 , further comprising:

means of introducing laths under the preform;

the additional actuating device actuating said means of introducing laths under the preform after receiving the detection signal from the additional detecting device.

5. The production line according to claim 4 , wherein the additional actuating device anticipates that each lath be introduced substantially where an impression has been made or opposite the place where the impression has been made.

6. The production line according to claim 1 , wherein the device for making an impression consists of an apparatus comprising at least:

a frame;

two first pulleys supported at a first end of the frame and two second pulleys at a second end of the frame; the first pulleys and second pulleys being in parallel planes; the pulleys of the first pulleys and second pulleys facing each other being identical;

two transmission belts wrapped respectively around the first pulleys and the second pulleys; and

at least one wire fixed removably to the belts and extending between these belts so that the longitudinal axis of the at least one wire is parallel to an axis of rotation of the pulleys.

7. The production line according to claim 6 , further comprising a device for covering the hydraulic binder with a second facing material.

8. The production line according to claim 6 , wherein the device for making an impression comprises a plurality of wires arranged parallel to each other, along the transmission belts and fixed removably.

9. The production line according to claim 6 , wherein in the device for making an impression, the pulleys are sprockets and the transmission belts are chains.

10. The production line according to claim 9 , wherein in the device for making an impression, the wires are held on the chains by means of support pieces and wire gripper pins.

11. The production line according to claim 6 , wherein the device for making an impression further comprises means for driving rotation of at least one of the pulleys.

12. The production line according to claim 6 , wherein the device for making an impression further comprises an upper forming plate and a lower forming plate between which plates the at least one wire can pass.

13. The production line according to claim 1 , wherein the device for making an impression is situated above the preform and replaces a forming plate or a forming roller, the at least one wire then passing between said upper plate and lower plate.

14. The production line according to claim 1 , wherein the hydraulic binder contains plaster.

15. The production line according to claim 1 , wherein the additional detecting device is provided in the upstream zone of the production line.

16. The production line according to claim 1 , further comprising a forming plate provided in the upstream zone of the production line, wherein the additional detecting device is provided upstream of the forming plate.

17. The production line according to claim 1 , wherein the impression is made on a top facing material of the preform.

18. The production line according to claim 1 , wherein the impression is made on a bottom facing material of the preform and the mark is made on a top facing material of the preform.

19. A production line for producing sheets based on hydraulic binder from a preform, comprising:

in an upstream zone of the production line, a marking device for marking a facing material of the preform with a mark;

in a downstream zone of the production line, a detecting device for detecting the mark made by the marking device;

a cutting device;

an actuating device for actuating said cutting device after receiving a detection signal from the detecting device;

an additional detecting device for detecting the mark;

a device for making an impression in the preform; and

an additional actuating device for actuating said device for making an impression in the preform after receiving a detection signal from the additional detecting device, wherein

the device for making an impression in the preform comprises an upper forming plate and a lower forming plate between which the preform and at least one wire pass, and the at least one wire makes the impression by accompanying the preform between the forming plates, after which the device for making the impression separates the at least one wire from the preform from above the preform.

20. The production line according to claim 17 , wherein the upper and lower forming plates are static.

21. The production line according to claim 17 , wherein the upper and lower forming plates are each rectangular in cross-section as viewed in a direction orthogonal to the direction extending from the upstream zone to the downstream zone.

Assignments (10)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2020
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 051703/0598 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 18, 2016
From: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 039751/0807 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2015
From: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS LLC
To: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 035523/0504 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2014
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS SECOND LIEN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC (F/K/A CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS LLC)
Reel/Frame 032252/0210 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 2, 2013
From: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS SECOND LIEN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 031325/0645 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 1, 2013
From: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS FIRST LIEN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 031317/0950 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2013
From: LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA INC.
To: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS LLC
Reel/Frame 031218/0288 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2013
From: LAFARGE, S.A.
To: LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA INC.
Reel/Frame 031180/0178 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2013
From: JALLON, PAUL; RIGAUDON, MICHAEL; LAURENT, JEAN-LOUIS; SOLOMUT, JEAN PAUL
To: LAFARGE PLATRES
Reel/Frame 030509/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2013
From: LAFARGE PLATRES
To: LAFARGE SA
Reel/Frame 029856/0896 →