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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2007
Thomas G. Lindblom, Claremont, MN (US);
Bryan S. Datema, Rochester, MN (US);
Ryan J. Roudebush, Rochester, MN (US);
Thomas G. Lindblom, Claremont, MN (US);
Bryan S. Datema, Rochester, MN (US);
Ryan J. Roudebush, Rochester, MN (US);
McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc., Dodge Center, MN (US);
Abstract
An on-board auxiliary tank system for supplying makeup water and chemical additives to a transit concrete mixing vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a water tank having a sloped, generally concave upper section, spaced sides and a bottom designed for deployment nested beneath a mixing drum of a transit concrete mixing vehicle and defining a water compartment and a pair of elongate support block members for supporting the water tank situated beneath the sides of the tank and adapted to be attached thereto by removable latch fasteners. The block members include elements suitable for fastening the blocks to a concrete mixing vehicle.