Tiltable transit mixer

Claim 1

A TRANSIT MIXER WHICH COMPRISES: A TRUCK BODY FRAME HAVING A REAR END; A SUBFRAME HAVING A FORWARD END AND A REAR END, SAID SUBFRAME BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE BODY FRAME ADJACENT THE REAR END OF SAID BODY FRAME AND ADJACENT THE REAR END OF SAID SUBFRAME, SAID SUBFRAME BEING FULLY SUPPORTED ON SAID BODY FRAME; A ROTATABLE MIXER DRUM MOUNTED ON SAID SUBFRAME, AND HAVING A CLOSED END AND AN OPEN END, SAID DRUM BEING DISPOSED ON THE SUBFRAME WITH SAID CLOSED END ADJACENT THE FORWARD END OF SAID SUBFRAME, SAID DRUM BEING DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE RELATIVE TO SAID BODY FRAME UPWARDLY INCLINING TOWARD SAID OPEN END, AND SAID OPEN END BEING DISPOSED IN ELEVATED POSITION ABOVE THE TRUCK BODY FRAME, AND DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE VERTICAL PLANE OF THE AXIS OF PIVOT OF SAID SUBFRAME ON SAID BODY FRAME; MEANS FOR ELEVATING THE FORWARD END OF SAID SUBFRAME SO AS TO ELEVATE THE CLOSED END OF SAID DRUM AND DECREASE SAID ANGLE OF DISPOSITION OF SAID DRUM RELATIVE TO SAID BODY FRAME, WHILE SUBSTANTIALLY MAINTAINING THE ELEVATED POSITION OF THE OPEN END OF THE DRUM ABOVE THE BODY FRAME; A HOPPER MOUNTED ON THE SUBFRAME EXTERNALLY OF THE OPEN END OF SAID DRUM AND SPACED APART THEREFROM; A LOADING CHUTE MOUNTED ON SAID HOPPER AND EXTENDING INTO THE OPEN END OF THE DRUM; A DISCHARGE ACCUMULATOR MOUNTED ON THE SUBFRAME AND DISPOSED BELOW THE OPEN END OF THE DRUM; A DISCHARGE CHUTE DISPOSED BELOW SAID DISCHARGE ACCUMULATOR IN ALIGNED, SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO THE DISCHARGE ACCUMULATOR; AND A PIVOTAL SUPPORT FOR SAID DISCHARGE CHUTE, SAID SUPPORT BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE SUBFRAME AND HAVING ADDITIONAL MEANS MOUNTED THEREON FOR PIVOTALLY MOVING SAID SUPPORT AND SAID DISCHARGE CHUTE ON THE SUBFRAME UPON PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE SUBFRAME RELATIVE TO THE BODY FRAME SO AS TO ADJUSTABLY ALIGN THE DISCHARGE CHUTE WITH THE DISCHARGE ACCUMULATOR AND MAINTAIN A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL ATTITUDE OF THE PIVOTAL SUPPORT OF THE DISCHARGE CHUTE.