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US 2026/0014922 A1Published application
A Vehicle for Mixing Concrete
OwnerKevin Walker, John Darren Davies +1inventors
InventorsKevin Walker, John Darren Davies, Matthew Hicks
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OwnerKevin Walker, John Darren Davies +1inventors
InventorsKevin Walker, John Darren Davies, Matthew Hicks
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The present invention relates to a vehicle for mixing concrete. The vehicle comprises: a cabin configured to allow an operator to control the vehicle, a chassis comprising a frame configured to support a load on the vehicle, the frame having a longitudinal axis that is substantially parallel to the ground, and a rotatable mixing drum supported on the chassis such that the longitudinal axis of the mixing drum is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the frame. The mixing drum comprises a drum ring and being configured to hold and mix a load. The chassis comprises a rear pedestal on which the drum ring of the mixing drum is supported, and the rear pedestal comprises a pair of drum rollers configured to contact the drum ring. The vehicle further comprises at least one stop configured to prevent lateral movement of the rotatable mixing drum beyond a predetermined distance from a centreline of the vehicle.
A vehicle for mixing concrete, the vehicle comprising:
The vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one stop is mounted on the rear pedestal.
The vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one stop comprises a contact surface configured to contact the mixing drum formed by a low friction surface.
The vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one stop further comprises a contact detection system comprising a contact sensor that is configured to determine whether the mixing drum has contacted the at least one stop and send a signal to an output device when the mixing drum contacts the at least one stop, the output device being configured to alert an operator of the vehicle when the mixing drum contacts the at least one stop.
The vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one stop further comprises a load sensing system comprising a load sensor configured to determine the load experience by the at least one stop when the mixing drum contacts the at least one stop and send a signal to an output device, the output device being configured to alert an operator of the vehicle when the load exceeds a predetermined value representative of conditions of an imminent roll-over.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.