Concrete mixing and distribution equipment

A cement mixing and distribution apparatus which includes a material hopper controlled by a metering wheel assembly and supplying a material moving trough, said trough including a power actuated auger mounted on a shaft, said metering wheel assembly comprising:

• (a) a hollow, cylindrical drum rotatably mounted to a drum shaft;
• (b) a plurality of circumferentially spaced and radially extending vanes mounted on the exterior surface of the drum;
• and
• (c) a plurality of hammer assemblies located within the drum and disposed along the length of the metering wheel assembly, each of said hammer assemblies including:
• (1) an inwardly directed impact plate mounted to the inner surface of the drum;
• (2) an inwardly directed pusher plate mounted to the inner surface of the drum and angularly spaced from the impact plate;
• and
• (3) a hammer rotatably mounted to the drum shaft and positioned between the impact plate and the pusher plate,
• whereby during each revolution of the drum the pusher plate moves the hammer about the drum shaft until it is directed vertically upward, the force of gravity rotates the hammer downward until it strikes the impact plate, the impact plate rotates away while the hammer hangs vertically downward, and the pusher plate again contacts the hammer and moves the hammer about the drum shaft.