Mixer drum driving device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9481106-B2
Application number	US-201214006845-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2012
Priority date	Mar 24, 2011
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

A mixer drum driving device includes a mixer drum, a hydraulic motor, a hydraulic pump, an auxiliary hydraulic pump for rotating the mixer drum for mixing by supplying pressure oil to the hydraulic motor independently of the hydraulic pump, and a direct-current brush motor for driving and rotating the auxiliary hydraulic pump. In the case of rotating the mixer drum for mixing, the mixer drum is driven and rotated by driving only the auxiliary hydraulic pump by the direct-current brush motor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mixer drum driving device, comprising:
a mixer drum rotatably mounted on a chassis of a mixer truck;
a hydraulic motor configured to drive and rotate the mixer drum;
a hydraulic pump configured to be driven by the power of an engine of the mixer truck to supply pressure oil to the hydraulic motor;
an auxiliary hydraulic pump configured to drive and rotate the mixer drum by supplying pressure oil to the hydraulic motor independently of the hydraulic pump;
a direct-current brush motor configured to drive the auxiliary hydraulic pump;
an operation mode selector configured to select an operation mode of the mixer drum including mixing, pouring, and discharging; and
a controller configured to, in response to the operation mode selected by the operation mode selector,
drive only the hydraulic pump by the engine of the mixer truck to drive and rotate the mixer drum, when the selected operation mode corresponds to pouring or discharging, and
drive only the auxiliary hydraulic pump by the direct-current brush motor to drive and rotate the mixer drum, when the selected operation mode corresponds to mixing.

2. A mixer drum driving device, comprising:
a mixer drum rotatably mounted on a chassis of a mixer truck;
a hydraulic motor configured to drive and rotate the mixer drum;
a hydraulic pump configured to be driven by the power of an engine of the mixer truck to supply pressure oil to the hydraulic motor;
an auxiliary hydraulic pump configured to drive and rotate the mixer drum by supplying pressure oil to the hydraulic motor independently of the hydraulic pump;
a direct-current brush motor configured to drive the auxiliary hydraulic pump;
an operation mode selector configured to select an operation mode of the mixer drum from among a mixing mode, a pouring mode, and a discharging mode, wherein
the pouring mode corresponds to pouring a load into the mixer drum,
the discharging mode corresponds to discharging the load from the mixer drum, and
the mixing mode corresponds to mixing the load in the mixer drum between said pouring and said discharging; and

a controller configured to
when the selected operation mode corresponds to any one of the pouring mode and the discharging mode,
cause the mixer drum to be rotated and driven by power from the engine via the hydraulic pump, without using power from the direct-current brush motor via the auxiliary hydraulic pump to rotate and drive the mixer drum, and

when the selected operation mode corresponds to the mixing mode,
cause the mixer drum to be rotated and driven by the power from the direct-current brush motor via the auxiliary hydraulic pump, without using the power from the engine via the hydraulic pump to rotate and drive the mixer drum.

3. The mixer drum driving device according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller is configured to,
when the selected operation mode corresponds to the mixing mode while the mixer truck is running,
cause the mixer drum to be rotated and driven by the power from the direct-current brush motor, and
use the power from the engine to run the mixer truck, without using the power from the engine to rotate and drive the mixer drum.

Assignees

• Takahashi Yoshimitsu
• Tanaka Kazunori
• Kyb Corp

Inventors

• Takahashi Yoshimitsu
• Tanaka Kazunori

Classifications

• B28C5/4213 Primary

  Hydraulic drives (B28C5/4217 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16H61/44

  with more than one pump or motor in operation · CPC title

• B28C5/18 Primary

  Mixing in containers to which motion is imparted to effect the mixing · CPC title