Patent ID: 6106141
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B28C

Abstract:
A concrete chute system comprising, in combination:a concrete mixing vehicle with a chute mounted to a rear end of the vehicle, the chute having a terminal end with a pair of horizontally oriented pins being coupled to the terminal end and extending radially the end;an auxiliary chute including a central portion, the central portion comprising a lower portion of a cylinder defining an open top and a pair of linear upper peripheral edges, the central portion having a closed semicircular lower face, a pair of inverted U-shaped hooks integrally coupled to the upper peripheral edges of the auxiliary chute adjacent to an open upper end thereof for releasably coupling with the pins of the chute of the concrete mixing vehicle for receiving mixed concrete from the chute, a partial top plate having a planar rectangular configuration coupled between the upper peripheral edges of the central portion and an upper edge of the lower face of the central portion, the top plate extending along less than 1/4 a length of the auxiliary chute, a circular aperture formed in a bottom apex of the central portion adjacent to the lower face underneath the top plate, and a cylindrical flange integrally coupled to the bottom apex of the central portion about the aperture and extending downwardly therefrom; anda tube with a constant diameter equal to that of the aperture and constructed from an elastomeric material, the tube having a pair of open ends, one of the open ends being coupled to the flange for allowing mixed concrete to flow through the aperture and out the tube for dispensing.