US 11,999,078 B2
Mixing drum
Josh Rocholl, Oshkosh, WI (US); Terry Tucke, Oshkosh, WI (US); Bryan Datema, Oshkosh, WI (US); Thomas Harris, Oshkosh, WI (US); Jillian Steffek, Oshkosh, WI (US); Bob Hathaway, Oshkosh, WI (US); and Chadwick Johnson, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/101,540.
Application 17/101,540 is a continuation of application No. 16/139,746, filed on Sep. 24, 2018, granted, now 10,843,379.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/562,782, filed on Sep. 25, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0069934 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B28C 5/42 (2006.01); B01F 29/00 (2022.01); B01F 29/63 (2022.01); B01F 33/502 (2022.01); B28C 5/18 (2006.01); B60P 3/16 (2006.01); B01F 29/60 (2022.01); B01F 35/511 (2022.01); B28C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC B28C 5/4272 (2013.01) [B01F 29/401 (2022.01); B01F 29/40111 (2022.01); B01F 29/40221 (2022.01); B01F 29/4033 (2022.01); B01F 29/63 (2022.01); B01F 33/5021 (2022.01); B28C 5/1862 (2013.01); B28C 5/4268 (2013.01); B01F 29/40231 (2022.01); B01F 29/60 (2022.01); B01F 35/511 (2022.01); B28C 5/0806 (2013.01); B60P 3/16 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A concrete mixing truck, comprising:
a chassis;
a plurality of tractive elements coupled to the chassis;
a cab coupled to the chassis; and
a mixing drum rotatably coupled to the chassis, the mixing drum including:
a body defining a head aperture and a discharge aperture opposite the head aperture, the body including an inner layer defining an interior surface of the body and an outer layer defining an exterior surface of the body;
a head coupled to the body, the head including a main body extending across the head aperture and a connecting flange extending between the inner layer and the outer layer of the body, wherein the head and the body define a volume; and
a mixing element positioned within the volume and coupled to the body,
wherein the body is formed from at least a first section and a second section, and wherein the first section overlaps the second section.