Methods and systems for remotely monitoring sensor data in delivery vehicles

• US 20020015354A1
• Filed: 04/30/2001
• Published: 02/07/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GR 2008 LLC
• Original Assignee: RMC Industries Corporation (Industrial Efficiency Ltd.)
• Inventors: Buckelew, Richard A.
• Application Number:
  US09/845,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20020015354A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 366/2
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 5/422 Controlling or measuring devices B28C5/4227 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 7/02 Controlling the operation of the mixing
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 9/00 General arrangement or layout of plant B28C7/0061, B28C7/0481 take precedence

Abstract

A method for delivering concrete to a construction site comprises charging concrete ingredients into a concrete delivery mixing truck, mixing the ingredients, to form concrete of a slump, monitoring the slump of the concrete, adding water to the concrete to adjust the slump, storing the slump in a memory device on the concrete delivery mixing truck at least a plurality of times during delivery of the concrete, displaying the slump on a display device on the concrete delivery mixing truck, substantially repeating the method, unloading the concrete at the construction site, and downloading contents of the memory device to a computer located at a dispatch site for the concrete delivery mixing truck via a wireline transfer.

Claims

1. A method for delivering concrete to a construction site, comprising:

(a) charging concrete ingredients into a concrete delivery mixing truck;

(b) mixing the ingredients in the concrete delivery mixing truck to form concrete of a slump;

(c) monitoring the slump of the concrete;

(d) adding water to the concrete to adjust the slump;

(e) storing the slump in a memory device on the concrete delivery mixing truck at least a plurality of times during delivery of the concrete;

(f) displaying the slump on a display device on the concrete delivery mixing truck;

(g) substantially repeating steps (a)-(f);

(h) unloading the concrete at the construction site;

(i) downloading contents of the memory device to a computer located at a dispatch site for the concrete delivery mixing truck via a wireline transfer.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting the unloading of the concrete at the construction site, storing in the memory device the GPS location of the delivery site, and comparing the GPS location with a predetermined location of the delivery site.