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US 12,006,708 B1Granted
Concrete container
OwnerRobert H. Koernerinventor
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Abstract
A concrete container has a barrel having an open top, a closed bottom, and a discharge conduit near the closed bottom extending away from the barrel, a hose connected to the discharge conduit, and a valve attached to the discharge conduit.
Claims6
A concrete container comprising:
- (a) a barrel having an open top, a closed bottom, an interior adapted for holding an amount of concrete, and a discharge conduit near the closed bottom extending away from the barrel;
- (b) a hose connected to the discharge conduit, the hose having a distal discharge opening, the hose being flexible and being capable of being flattened;
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- (c) a valve attached to the discharge conduit, the valve comprising:
- (i) a stationary frame having a base and two spaced apart uprights, and (ii) a pivoting plate having two spaced apart uprights, the pivoting plate having a horizontal position and a vertical position, the valve having an open position in which the hose is open when the pivoting plate is in the horizontal position and having a closed position in which a portion of the hose is flattened and closed when the pivoting plate is in the vertical position.
2 more elements
A method for delivering an amount of the wet concrete comprising:
- (a) providing an amount of wet concrete;
- (b) pouring the amount of wet concrete into a concrete container comprising:
- (i) a barrel having an open top, a closed bottom, an interior adapted for holding an amount of concrete, and a discharge conduit near the closed bottom extending away from the barrel;
- (ii) a hose connected to the discharge conduit, the hose having a distal discharge opening, the hose being flexible and being capable of being flattened;
- and (iii) a valve attached to the discharge conduit, the valve comprising:
- (1) a stationary frame having a base and two spaced apart uprights, and (2) a pivoting plate having two spaced apart uprights, the pivoting plate having a horizontal position and a vertical position, the valve having an open position in which the hose is open when the pivoting plate is in the horizontal position and having a closed position in which a portion of the hose is flattened and closed when the pivoting plate is in the vertical position;
- (c) transporting the concrete container to a construction site;
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- (d) opening the valve to allow wet concrete to flow from the interior of the barrel to the discharge opening of the hose.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.