Bucket mixer attachment for skid steer vehicle
OwnerLeroy C. Nystrominventor
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Abstract
A mixer for particulate materials, such as soil, dirt, sand, concrete, lime, fertilizers, aggregate, and water, hitched to a skid steer motor vehicle has a bucket for accommodating the particulate materials. A pair of augers having opposite spiral flights located within the bucket are driven by a hydraulic fluid operated motor to mix the particulate materials. The operator of the vehicle controls the hydraulic motor to reverse the rotational direction of the augers to control the mixing of the particulate materials. A door mounted on the side wall of the bucket is movable with a hydraulic cylinder to an open position to allow the particulate materials to be discharged from the bucket.
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In combination, a materials mixing and transport apparatus and a motor vehicle having lift arms for raising and lowering the apparatus, said apparatus having a bucket having a back wall, a bottom wall, a rounded corner wall joined to the back wall and bottom wall and first and second side walls secured to the back, bottom and corner walls providing a chamber for accommodating materials, a housing secured to the first side wall, hitch means secured to the back wall connected to the lift arms to mount the bucket on the lift arms, a first auger located in said chamber adjacent said rounded corner wall, first means rotatably mounting one end of the first auger on the housing, second means rotatably mounting the other end of the first auger on the second side wall, a second auger located in said chamber adjacent said first auger, third means rotatably mounting one end of the second auger on the housing, fourth means rotatably mounting the other end of the second auger on the second side wall, drive means located within the housing operatively connected to the first and second augers to concurrently rotate the first and second augers, and motor means connected to the drive means operable to transmit power to the drive means to rotate the first and second augers thereby mixing the materials in the chamber of the bucket.
A materials mixing and transport apparatus for use with a motor vehicle having a hitch comprising:
- a bucket having a back wall, a bottom wall, a rounded corner wall joined to the back wall and bottom wall and first and second side walls secured to the back, bottom and corner walls providing a chamber for accommodating materials, a housing secured to the first side wall, means secured to the back wall for accommodating the hitch to mount the bucket on the hitch, a first auger located in said chamber adjacent said rounded corner wall, first means rotatably mounting one end of the first auger on the housing, second means rotatably mounting the other end of the first auger on the second side wall, a second auger located in said chamber adjacent said first auger, third means rotatably mounting one end of the second auger on the housing, fourth means rotatably mounting the other end of the second auger on the second side wall, drive means located within the housing operatively connected to the first and second augers to concurrently rotate the first and second auger, motor means connected to the drive means operable to transmit power to the drive means to rotate the first and second augers thereby mixing the materials in the chamber of the bucket, said second side wall has an opening adjacent the other end of the first auger to allow the first auger to move material through said opening to a location adjacent the bucket, door means mounted on the second side wall for selectively opening and closing said opening, and means to move the door means between open and closed positions relative to the opening.
A materials mixing and transport apparatus for use with a motor vehicle having a hitch comprising:
- a bucket having a back wall, a bottom wall, a rounded corner wall joined to the back wall and bottom wall and first and second side walls secured to the back, bottom and corner walls providing a chamber for accommodating materials, a housing secured to the first side wall, means secured to the back wall for accommodating the hitch to mount the bucket on the hitch, a first auger located in said chamber adjacent said rounded corner wall, first means rotatably mounting one end of the first auger on the housing, second means rotatably mounting the other end of the first auger on the second side wall, a second auger located in said chamber adjacent said first auger, third means rotatably mounting one end of the second auger on the housing, fourth means rotatably mounting the other end of the second auger on the second side wall, drive means located within the housing operatively connected to the first and second augers to concurrently rotate the first and second auger, motor means connected to the drive means operable to transmit power to the drive means to rotate the first and second augers thereby mixing the materials in the chamber of the bucket, the second side wall has an opening adjacent the other end of the first auger, a tubular hub mounted on the second side wall extended into the opening, said hub having means to rotatably mount the other end of the first auger, door means mounted on the second side wall for selectively opening and closing said opening, and means to move the door means between said open and closed positions relative to the opening.
A materials mixing and transport apparatus for use with a motor vehicle having a hitch comprising:
- a bucket having a chamber for accommodating materials, means secured to the bucket for accommodating the hitch to mount the bucket on the hitch, a first auger located in said chamber, first means rotatably mounting the first auger on the bucket, a second auger located in said chamber adjacent and generally parallel to the first auger, second means rotatably mounting the second auger on the bucket, drive means connected to the first and second augers to concurrently rotate the first and second augers, motor means connected to the drive means operable to transmit power to the drive means to rotate the first and second augers thereby mixing the materials in the chamber of the bucket, the bucket has a side wall having an opening aligned with an end of the first auger to allow the first auger to move material through said opening to a location adjacent the bucket, door means mounted on the side wall for selectively opening and closing said opening, and means to move the door means between said open and closed positions relative to the opening.
A materials mixing and transport apparatus for use with a motor vehicle having a hitch comprising:
- a bucket having a side wall and a chamber for accommodating materials, means secured to the bucket for accommodating the hitch to mount the bucket on the hitch, auger means located in the chamber for mixing materials in the chamber, said auger means having an end located adjacent said side wall, first means rotatably mounting the auger means on the bucket, drive means connected to the auger means to rotate the auger means, motor means connected to the drive means operable to transmit power to the drive means to rotate the auger means thereby mixing the materials in the chamber of the bucket, said side wall having an opening aligned with said end of the auger means to allow the auger means to move material through said opening to a location adjacent the bucket, door means mounted on the side wall for selectively opening and closing the opening, and means to move the door means between said open and closed positions relative to the opening.
In combination, a materials mixing and transport apparatus and a motor vehicle having lift arms for raising and lowering the apparatus, a bucket having a back wall and a chamber for accommodating materials, hitch means secured to the back wall of the bucket connected to the lift arms, a first auger located in said chamber, first means rotatably mounting the first auger on the bucket, a second auger located in said chamber adjacent and generally parallel to the first auger, second means rotatably mounting the second auger on the bucket, drive means connected to the first and second augers to concurrently rotate the first and second augers, motor means connected to the drive means operable to transmit power to the drive means to rotate the first and second augers thereby mixing the materials in the chamber of the bucket, said bucket including a side wall having an opening aligned with an end of the first auger to allow the first auger to move material through said opening to a location adjacent the bucket, door means mounted on the side wall for selectively opening and closing said opening, and means to move the door means between open and closed positions relative to the opening.
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