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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2006
Thomas G. Lindblom, Claremont, MN (US);
Ted M. Daly, Kasson, MN (US);
Thomas P. Quigley, Rochester, MN (US);
Thomas G. Lindblom, Claremont, MN (US);
Ted M. Daly, Kasson, MN (US);
Thomas P. Quigley, Rochester, MN (US);
McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc., Dodge Center, MN (US);
Abstract
A self-purging auxiliary fluid supply system for supplying washout or makeup water or other fluids under pressure to a truck-mounted concrete mixing/dispensing drum is disclosed. The system includes a truck-mounted fluid reservoir for containing a quantity of fluid connected to supply fluid to an air-operated diaphragm pump connected to supply auxiliary fluid from the fluid reservoir under pressure to a discharge assembly. The pump further provides an integral purge system for displacing fluid in the fluid supply system after use.