Patent ID: 6227813
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: B28C,E04F,E04G,F04B

Abstract:
A mortar pumping apparatus, comprising:a. a mortar containment hopper, having an open upper portion and a lower portion;b. a mortar pump, said pump including a housing having an inlet end and a discharge end, and a rotary pumping element therebetween, said inlet end having an opening located within said lower portion of said hopper and said discharge end extending exteriorly from said hopper;c. a drive shaft having a lower end connected to said rotary pumping element adjacent said inlet end, a middle portion passing through said containment hopper from said lower portion to said upper portion, and an upper end adjacent said upper portion of said containment hopper and extending above an upper level of mortar within said containment hopper; and,d. drive means connected to said upper end of said drive shaft, for rotating said pumping element of said mortar pump.