Apparatus for protecting mixer truck chute against wear

Apparatus for use in combination with a mixer truck having a chute for conveying fluent material from a first location to a second location relative to said mixer truck, said chute having a conveyor wall with an upper end, a lower end, and a generally upwardly disposedly fluent material support surface extending substantially continuously between said upper and lower ends, said apparatus comprising:

• a liner having a liner wall positionable over the fluent material support surface of said chute conveyor wall for protecting said fluent material support surface against impact and wear, said liner wall having a bottom surface for engagement with and generally conforming to the shape of said fluent material support surface, said liner wall additionally having an upper end, a lower end, and a top surface extending between said liner wall upper and lower ends;
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• attachment means for attaching the upper end of said liner wall to said chute at the upper end of the conveyor wall, said liner when so attached being otherwise unattached to said chute whereby said liner wall will depend from the liner wall upper end and whereby the liner wall bottom surface and the chute conveyor wall fluent material support surface will be capable of relative movement when said upper end of the liner wall is attached to the upper end of said chute conveyor wall, said liner including a down-turned lip at the upper end of said liner wall, said down-turned lip and said lower wall defining a recess for receiving the upper end of said chute conveyor wall, said lip at least partially comprising said attachment means.