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US 11,731,840 B2Granted
Truck detection sensor for material transfer vehicles
AssigneeWeiler and Company, Inc.
InventorsPatrick Weiler, William Hood, Brett Huizer, Mike Weldon
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Abstract
Disclosed is an example material transfer vehicle comprising a feeder having a hydraulic motor, a chain actuated by the hydraulic motor, and loading hopper configured to provide material to the chain; a sensor configured to detect a presence of a truck; and an electronic control module, wherein the electronic control module is configured to automatically increase a speed at which the chain is actuated when the sensor detects a presence of a truck.
Claims10
A material transfer vehicle comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect at least one of an arrival of a thick and a departure of a truck;
- an electronic control module (ECM) configured to receive a signal from the sensor;
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- a feeder configured to receive asphalt from the truck, the feeder having a material transfer element configured to move asphalt, wherein the ECM is configured to control the feeder based on the received signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.