Concrete batchor plant and double-end loading transit mixer

Claim 1

In a concrete batcher plant and double-end loading transit mixer, the combination of: a. a concrete batcher plant comprising: 1. a pair of containers for concrete components supported in longitudinal spaced relation with respect to one another, and arranged at an elevation above a roadway so that a transit mixer may be driven into a loading position beneath the containers; 2. a plurality of hoppers disposed above each of the containers for separate storage of gravel, sand and cement; 3. each container being provided with separate compartments therein for receiving charges of gravel, sand and cement, with these charges partitioned from one another; 4. an outlet conduit leading from each hopper to one of the compartments in a container, and a scale arranged in each conduit, whereby a measured amount of the concrete components according to weight may be delivered to the compartments; 5. each container having a concrete component-receiving chamber in its lower portion that communicates with all of the compartments of that container, and each container further having gates that may be opened for discharge of the gravel, sand and cement from the container chamber; and b. a double-end loading transit mixer comprising: 1. a vehicle having a rotatable drum mounted thereon, the drum being provided at its front and rear ends with chutes for conveying charges of the gravel, sand and cement to the interior of the drum; 2. the front chute being located to register with the gates of one of the containers, while the rear chute registers with gates of the other container, whereby charges of the gravel, sand and cement may be delivered simultaneously into both ends of the drum.