Road finishing machine with indirect lighting of a working area
AssigneeJoseph Voegele AG
InventorsAchim EUL, Michael HEINDTEL
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Abstract
A road finishing machine comprises a tractor and a screed hinged to the tractor to be towed behind the tractor. At the tractor, a main control platform of the road finishing machine is provided which offers space for an operator and comprises operational controls for controlling functions of the road finishing machine. The main control platform has a roof, wherein a lighting unit with a light source is provided at the roof. The lighting unit comprises a housing which accommodates the light source and has a reflector. The reflector is configured to reflect light emitted by the light source into a working area of the screed so that the working area of the screed is illuminated indirectly.
Claims20
A road finishing machine comprising:
- a tractor;
- a screed hinged to the tractor to be towed behind the tractor;
- a main control platform of the road finishing machine provided at the tractor, the main control platform offering space for an operator and comprising operational controls for controlling functions of the road finishing machine, the main control platform further having a roof;
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- a lighting unit with a light source provided at the roof, wherein the lighting unit comprises a housing which accommodates the light source and has a reflector, wherein the reflector is configured to reflect light emitted by the light source into a working area of the screed, so that the working area of the screed is illuminated indirectly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.