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US 2021/0339962 A1Published application
Hopper cleanout
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.
Claims20
A material transfer vehicle comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect one of a presence of a truck, an absence of a truck, and a windrow;
- an electronic control module configured to receive a signal from the sensor;
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- a feeder configured to receive asphalt from one of the truck and the windrow, the feeder having a material transfer element configured to move asphalt.
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A material transfer vehicle comprising:
- a feeder having one of a loading hopper and a windrow head, the one of the loading hopper and the windrow head configured to receive asphalt from one of a truck and a windrow, the feeder having a material transfer element configured to move asphalt from the one of the loading hopper and the windrow head;
- a sensor configured to detect a presence of the truck;
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- an electronic control module, wherein the electronic control module is configured to record a material transfer from the truck to the loading hopper or the unloading of a truck on a road surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.