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Patent No.:

US 8989905 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 05, 2007

Method and system for calculating and reporting slump in delivery vehicles

Applicants:

Joseph Howard Sostaric, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Michael Topputo, Hamilton, OH (US);

Steve Verdino, Hamilton, OH (US);

Andrew S. Morrison, Loveland, OH (US);

Inventors:

Joseph Howard Sostaric, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Michael Topputo, Hamilton, OH (US);

Steve Verdino, Hamilton, OH (US);

Andrew S. Morrison, Loveland, OH (US);

Assignee:

Verifi LLC, West Chester, OH (US);

Attorney:

Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Robert Fennema

Assistant Examiner:

Thomas Stevens

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/00 (2006.01); H02H 7/00 (2006.01); B28C 5/42 (2006.01); B28B 23/00 (2006.01); B28C 7/02 (2006.01); B28C 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B28C 5/422 (2013.01); B28B 23/0031 (2013.01); B28C 7/02 (2013.01); B28C 7/0418 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for managing a concrete delivery vehicle having a mixing drumand hydraulic drivefor rotating the mixing drum, including a rotational sensorconfigured to sense a rotational speed of the mixing drum, a hydraulic sensorcoupled to the hydraulic drive and configured to sense a hydraulic pressure required to turn the mixing drum, a temperature sensor for sensing temperature of the drum, and a communications portconfigured to communicate a slump calculation to a status systemcommonly used in the concrete industry, wherein the sensing of the rotational speed of the mixing drum is used to qualify a calculation of current slump based on the hydraulic pressure required to turn the mixing drum. Temperature readings are further used to qualify or evaluate a load. Also, water purge connections facilitate cold weather operation.

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Sostaric, Joseph. (2015). Method and system for calculating and reporting slump in delivery vehicles (U.S. Patent No. 8989905). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8989905

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