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Mobile asphalt concrete production machine

  • US 8,931,975 B2
  • Filed: 06/06/2011
  • Issued: 01/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mobile asphalt mixing machine, comprising:

  • a mobile frame having a fines storage bin with a discharge aperture into a first bin conveyor, said first bin conveyor leading to an elevator transfer area;

    a first aggregate storage bin having a discharge aperture into a second bin conveyor, said second bin conveyor leading to said elevator transfer area;

    a second aggregate storage bin having a discharge aperture into a third bin conveyor, said third bin conveyor leading to said elevator transfer area;

    an elevator conveyor aligned with said elevator transfer area to lift material from said elevator transfer area to a mixing trough;

    wherein said mixing trough has a mixing auger extending longitudinally through said mixing trough, said mixing auger forwarding material deposited by said elevator conveyor through said mixing trough and to a mixing trough exit;

    a bitumen nozzle adjacent said mixing trough and aligned therewith to deposit liquid bitumen into said mixing trough;

    at least one heating device directing heat into said mixing trough;

    wherein said mixing trough has a recycling exhaust fan and is partitioned by a baffle into a first portion and a second portion, said first portion having an air intake of said recycling exhaust fan and said second portion having an air exhaust of said recycling exhaust fan.

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