Patent ID: 6155277
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: B01F,B03B,B08B,B28C,Y02W

Abstract:
A wash-off containment and recirculating apparatus for use in association with a concrete truck having a mixing drum and a discharge chute, said apparatus comprising:(a) a container removably mountable on the end of said discharge chute, said container comprising an open upper end, a screen removably positionable within said container and an outlet located in a lower portion of said container below said screen; and(b) a pump mountable on said truck, said pump comprising a suction hose extending between said pump and said container outlet and a discharge hose extending from said pump to an open end discharging into said mixing drum,wherein operation of said pump automatically recirculates rinse water and relatively small particle size sediment flowing into said lower portion of said container through said suction and discharge hoses into said mixing drum.