Patent ID: 7064314

Claim:
A concrete-dispensing counter for a ready mix truck comprising: a prime mover having a drum being rotatably mounted thereupon and also having a discharge chute through which cement is dispensed from said drum; a light emitting/reflecting assembly being mounted to said prime mover and including a plurality of light reflectors being spacedly attached about an exterior of said drum opposite to said discharge chute and also including a light-emitting member and a light-detecting member being mounted to said prime mover; a microprocessor being connected to said light-emitting and said light-detecting members; a concrete-dispensing sensor being attached to said discharge chute and to said light emitting/reflecting assembly and said microprocessor for actuating said light emitting/reflecting assembly and said microprocessor; and a display counter being mounted upon the prime mover and being connected to the microprocessor for counting quarter turns of the drum.