Patent ID: 6749328
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B01F,B28C

Abstract:
A wheelbarrow with a mixing assembly for mixing aggregate building products, comprising:a wheelbarrow, the wheelbarrow having a base assembly and an open hopper mounted on said base assembly, the base assembly having a pair of horizontal supports, each support having a top surface, and a pair of legs extends vertically downward from each support, wherein the hopper is bowl shaped having a hopper diameter and a hopper inside wall, the hopper having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface of the hopper is secured to the top surface of the horizontal supports; and a mixing assembly, the mixing assembly having a mixing blade, a motor, and a shaft extending between the mixing blade and the motor, wherein the mixing blade is positioned horizontally within the hopper for rotational movement therein about a vertical axis, the motor is positioned between the base assembly legs under the hopper, wherein the mixing blade comprises a horizontal arm having a bottom surface and having two halves, each of said halves having a plurality of substantially rectangular tines extending vertically downward from the bottom surface of the horizontal arm toward the bottom surface of the hopper, wherein the tines of the first half are offset from the tines of the second half, wherein each tine is set at a slight angle, thereby enabling said tines to cut grooves into the mixture contained within the hopper during rotation, in order that as the mixing blade rotates, the tines of the second half cut grooves into the mixture between the grooves cut by the tines of the arm's first half, thereby allowing water to infiltrate the mixture within the hopper, and wherein the arm has a length slightly shorter than the hopper diameter so as to allow the mixing blade to freely rotate within the hopper.