Patent ID: 7458746
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: E01C

Abstract:
1. A mobile asphalt production machine comprising: a mobile frame; a plurality of storage bins supported on said frame for holding supplies of component materials used in the production of bituminous concrete; a conveying device associated with each said storage bin to extract respective said component supplies; a longitudinally extending mixing auger mechanism supported on said frame and positioned to receive said component supplies and to mix said component supplies to produce bituminous concrete, said mixing auger mechanism including an auger having a spiral flighting cooperable with an adjacent auger tube to mix said component supplies and to convey said component supplies rearwardly from a forward inlet end to a rearward discharge end of said mixing auger mechanism; a burner operable to discharge heat into said mixing auger mechanism at said inlet end between said auger and said auger tube to heat directly said component supplies while being mixed together by said mixing auger mechanism; and a discharge mechanism operable to receive mixed bituminous concrete from said discharge end of said mixing auger mechanism for utilization remotely of said machine.