Cement mixing plant

Claim 1

A CEMENT DISPENSING DEVICE COMPRISING A VERTICALLY EXTENDING SILO, FRAME MEANS SUPPORTING SAID SILO IN A VERTICAL POSITION, THE LOWER END OF SAID SILO TAPERING TO AN OPENING AT ONE SIDE THEREOF AND THE UPPER END BEING INCLINDED AT AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY FORTY-FIVE DEGREES TOWARD ONE SIDE, A CEMENT BATCHER AND A GENERALLY INVERTED, CONICAL SHAPED SURGE HOPPER HAVING WALLS INDEPENDENT OF THE WALLS OF SAID SILO SUPPORTED ON SAID SILO ABOVE SAID INCLINED END, A VERTICAL CONVEYOR, HOPPER MEANS AT THE LOWER END COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CONVEYOR, SAID CONVEYOR CONVEYING MATERIAL FROM SAID HOPPER MEANS TO SAID HOPPER AT THE TOP THEREOF, WEIGHING MEANS FOR WEIGHING PREDETERMINED AMOUNTS OF SAID MATERIAL IN SAID CEMENT BATCHER, SAID HOPPER HAVING AN OVERFLOW OPENING THEREIN, AND MEANS CONNECTING WITH SAID OPENING THE INSIDE OF SAID SILO FOR RETURNING AN EXCESS OF MATERIAL THEREFROM TO SAID SILO, THE MATERIAL FROM SAID SILO RETURNING TO SAID HOPPER THROUGH SAID OPENING AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF.