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Front discharge transit mixer

  • US 5,884,998 A
  • Filed: 10/02/1996
  • Issued: 03/23/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A transit mixer apparatus, comprising:

  • a vehicle chassis having a front end portion and a back end portion;

    a first pair of wheels coupled to said front end portion for supporting said chassis;

    a second pair of wheels coupled to said back end portion for supporting said chassis;

    a rotatable mixing drum coupled to said chassis, said mixing drum having a front end positioned above said front end portion and a back end positioned above said back end portion, said mixing drum having an opening at said front end through which materials are loaded into or discharged from said drum, said mixing drum inclined upwardly toward the front end portion of said chassis; and

    a charge hopper having an inlet portion adapted for receiving material therein and a tongue portion pivotally coupled thereto and in material communication therewith, said tongue portion extending through said opening into said mixing drum and moveable between a first position for charging said mixing drum and a second position for discharging material from said mixing drum.

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