Patent ID: 8083394

Claim:
A device for collecting and recycling concrete wash product, including: an elongate container adapted to receive and hold concrete wash product; and a mounting arrangement for securing the container to a booster axle frame of a transit concrete mixing vehicle wherein the booster axle frame is coupled to pivot with respect to a chassis of the vehicle about a transverse pivot axis toward and away from a chassis supporting position in which wheels mounted rotatably to the frame about transverse wheel axes engage the ground to support the chassis through the frame, the mounting arrangement securing the container in a lengthwise and transverse extension between opposite side aims of the booster axle frame for carriage by the frame in transit as the vehicle travels between concrete production facilities and construction sites, and further securing the container for arcuate movement with respect to the chassis as the booster axle frame pivots, between a collecting position corresponding to a lowered frame in which the container is disposed below a discharge chute of the vehicle to enable a transfer of concrete wash product from the chute to the container by gravity, and a dispensing position corresponding to a raised booster axle frame in which the container is disposed near an opening of a mixing drum of the vehicle to enable a transfer of concrete wash product from the container to the mixing drum by gravity.