Patent ID: 6112338
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A47K,Y02A,Y02W,Y10S

Abstract:
A mixing drum havinga drum inlet opening at a front end of the mixing drum and adapted to receive raw materials into the mixing drum;a drum outlet opening at a front end of the mixing drum and adapted to discharge mixed materials from the mixing drum, the drum outlet opening being spaced from said drum inlet opening;first drive means for rotating the mixing drum about a longitudinal axis thereof;an auger for transporting mixed material from a back end of the mixing drum to the front end of the mixing drum, the auger being enclosed in an auger tube between a tube inlet opening at a back end of the auger tube and a tube outlet opening at a front end of the auger tube in fluid communication with said drum outlet opening, the auger tube being disposed inside the mixing drum with the auger extending between said back end of the mixing drum and the front end of the mixing drum; andsecond drive means for rotating the auger about a longitudinal axis thereof, the auger rotating about an axis which is radially spaced from the longitudinal axis for the mixing drum.