Cement mobile mixer

• US 4,624,575 A
• Filed: 08/30/1985
• Issued: 11/25/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lantz Construction Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Lantz Construction Co.
• Inventors: Lantz, Alpheus D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jenkins, Robert W.
• Application Number:
  US06/771,506
• Time in Patent Office: 452 Days
• Field of Search: 366/16, 366/17, 366/19, 366/20, 366/21, 366/27, 366/28, 366/34, 366/35, 366/36, 366/40, 366/50, 366/51, 366/38, 366/40, 366/151, 366/152, 366/160
• US Class Current: 366/16
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 9/0463 with a mixing discharge trough with a free end, e.g. provided with a mixing screw or pivotable about a vertical or horizontal axis

Abstract

A cement mobile mixer for mixing concrete from sand, aggregate, cement and water.

Claims

1. A cement mobile mixer including a sand and aggregate hopper;

a discharge chamber at one end of the hopper;

a belt running along the bottom of the hopper with the downstream end of the belt extending into the chamber for delivery of sand and aggregate to the chamber;

concrete mixing means below the chamber;

a cement hopper above the chamber;

cement delivery means in the bottom of the cement hopper for delivery of cement into the chamber;

a water tank, a water pipe extending between the tank and chamber;

a water pump for flowing water from the tank through the pipe and into the chamber whereby sand and aggregate, cement and water delivered to the chamber fall into the mixing means;

a hydraulic system having a first variable speed hydraulic drive means for moving the belt downstream to deliver sand and aggregate to the chamber at an adjustable rate;

a second variable speed hydraulic drive means for operating the cement delivery means to deliver cement to the chamber at an adjustable rate;

a third variable speed hydraulic drive means for operating the water pump to deliver water to the chamber at an adjustable rate, a source of high pressure hydraulic fluid, a first adjustable valve connected between the source and the first hydraulic drive means, a second adjustable valve connected between the source and the second hydraulic drive means, a third adjustable valve connected between the source and the third hydraulic drive means whereby said valves may be independently adjusted so that the belt, cement delivery supply means and pump deliver sand and aggregate mix, cement and water to the chamber at rates dependent upon the requirements of a given concrete mix;

first detector means for generating a first signal proportional to the rate of delivery of sand and aggregate to the chamber by the belt;

second detector means for generating a second signal proportional to the rate of delivery of cement to the chamber by the cement delivery means; and

first and second detectors mounted on the mixer in positions to be observed by the operator and responsive respectively to the first and second signals so that an operator may observe the detectors and the mixed concrete and adjust said valves during operation of the mixer to maintain the proper concrete mix.

2. A cement mobile mixer as in claim 1 wherein the mixing means includes a trough beneath the chamber and a mixing auger within the trough;

a fourth variable speed hydraulic drive means for rotating the auger in the trough and a fourth adjustable valve connected between the source and the fourth hydraulic drive means whereby the operator may continuously adjust the speed at which the auger mixes the sand and aggregate mix, cement and water to make concrete.

3. A cement mobile mixer as in claim 1 wherein the hopper includes an inwardly sloping sidewall and a cabinet on the side of the mixer beneath the inwardly sloping sidewall wherein the control valves are located within said cabinet.

4. A cement mobile mixer as in claim 3 wherein the hydraulic control system includes at least one lever actuated on-off valve connected between the source and at least one said drive means and levers for such on-off valves located outside of said cabinet at a control station adjacent the mixing chamber;

and cable connection means joining said levers and on-off valves whereby an operator at the control station may control the flow of hydraulic fluid to the drive means by moving the levers while at the control station.

5. A cement mobile mixer as in claim 4 wherein said on-off valves include a main valve and lever operable to control flow of hydraulic fluid to both of said first and second drive means.

6. A cement mobile mixer as in claim 5 wherein said pipe includes a pressure relief valve located downstream of the pump, a return pipe running from the relief valve to the tank and a control valve in the pipe downstream of the relief valve and further including control valve means operable upon shutoff of the main valve to close said first pipe and prevent the pump from flowing water to the chamber.

7. A cement mobile mixer as in claim 5 wherein said connections between the pressure fluid source and the drive means include at least one pressure gauge for visually indicating the pressure of hydraulic fluids delivered to at least one drive means.

8. A cement mobile mixer including a sand and aggregate hopper;

a discharge chamber at one end of the hopper;

a belt running along the bottom of the hopper with the downstream end of the belt extending into the chamber for delivery of sand and aggregate to the chamber;

concrete mixing means below the chamber;

a cement hopper above the chamber;

cement delivery means in the bottom of the cement hopper for delivery of cement into the chamber;

a water tank, a water pipe extending between the tank and chamber;

a water pump for flowing water from the tank through the pipe and into the chamber whereby sand and aggregate, cement and water delivered to the chamber fall into the mixing means;

water control means for operating the water pump to deliver water to the chamber;

a hydraulic system having a first variable speed hydraulic drive means for moving the belt downstream to deliver sand and aggregate to the chamber at an adjustable rate;

a second variable speed hydraulic drive means for operating the cement delivery means to deliver cement to the chamber at an adjustable rate;

a source of high pressure hydraulic fluid, a first adjustable valve connected between the source and the first hydraulic drive means, a second adjustable valve connected between the source and the second hydraulic drive means whereby said valves may be independently adjusted so that the belt and cement delivery supply means deliver sand and aggregate mix and cement to the chamber at rates dependent upon the requirements of a given concrete mix;

first detector means for generating a first signal proportional to the rate of delivery of sand and aggregate to the chamber by the belt;

second detector means for generating a second signal proportional to the rate of delivery of cement to the chamber by the cement delivery means; and

first and second detectors mounted on the mixer in positions to be observed by the operator and responsive respectively to the first and second signals so that an operator may observe the detectors and the mixed concrete and adjust said valves during operation of the mixer to maintain the proper concrete mix.

9. A cement mobile mixer as in claim 8 wherein the mixing means includes a trough beneath the chamber and a mixing auger within the trough;

a third variable speed hydraulic drive means for rotating the auger in the trough and a third adjustable valve connected between the source and the third hydraulic drive means whereby the operator may continuously adjust the speed at which the auger mixes the sand and aggregate mix and cement to make concrete.

10. A cement mobile mixer as in claim 8 wherein the hopper includes an inwardly sloping sidewall and a cabinet on the side of the mixer beneath the inwardly sloping sidewall and wherein the control valves are located within said cabinet.