Patent ID: 6921189

Claim:
A barrel mixer comprising: a support means comprising a stand and a wheeled trolley, the stand having a pintle bearing provided to receive the wheeled trolley; a rotary mixer barrel mounted on the wheeled trolley; a motor mounted on the wheeled trolley and having an output shaft; a transmission mounted on the wheeled trolley, the transmission receiving the output from the motor and including step-down gearing, an output from the transmission rotating the rotary mixer barrel; a tipping arrangement, the tipping arrangement comprising a tipping limiter means, the tipping limiter means comprising first and second tipping limiting stops mounted on the wheeled trolley, and the tipping arrangement permitting the wheeled trolley to be tipped on the pintle bearing between a first position, in which the wheeled trolley engages the first tipping limiting stop, and a second position, in which the wheeled trolley engages the second tipping limiting stop; and wherein the first tipping limiting stop defines a mixing position, wherein when the wheeled trolley is in the first position the barrel is angled to retain its contents, and the second limiting stop defines a pouring position, wherein when the wheeled trolley is in the second position the barrel is angled so that its contents are poured out, and the first and second limiting stops limit movement of the barrel between the mixing and the pouring positions.