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US 11,866,888 B2Granted
Material transfer vehicle with ground operator station
AssigneeRoadtec, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Neisen, Nathan Beckman
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Abstract
A material transfer vehicle includes a material-receiving device that is adapted to receive asphalt paving material, and a loading conveyor that is operatively connected to the material-receiving device and adapted to receive asphalt paving material from the material-receiving device. A ground operator's station is located adjacent to the material-receiving device. The ground operator's station includes a lower platform on which the ground operator may stand, and a seat on which the ground operator may sit.
Claims8
A material transfer vehicle comprising:
- a material-receiving device that is adapted to receive asphalt paving material;
- a loading conveyor that is operatively connected to the material-receiving device and adapted to receive asphalt paving material from the material-receiving device;
- a ground operator's station that is located adjacent to the material-receiving device, said ground operator's station comprising:
- a lower platform on which the ground operator may stand;
- a seat on which the ground operator may sit,
- wherein the loading conveyor has a long axis a width WC that is measured transverse to the long axis,
- wherein the material-receiving device has a width WM measured transverse to the long axis of the loading conveyor that is greater that the width WC of the loading conveyor, so that a recess is created adjacent to the loading conveyor and behind the material-receiving device, and
- wherein the ground operator's station is located in the recess adjacent to the loading conveyor and behind the material-receiving device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.