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 loading hopper configured to receive asphalt from a truck;
- a sensor configured to detect the truck when the truck is in front of the loading hopper;
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- at least one controller configured to receive data from the sensor and automatically steer the material transfer vehicle based on the data.
A material transfer vehicle comprising:
- a windrow head configured to receive a windrow of asphalt from the ground;
- a first conveyor configured to receive the asphalt from the windrow head;
- a sensor configured to detect the windrow in front of the windrow head;
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- at least one controller configured to receive data from the sensor and autosteer the material transfer vehicle based on the data.
A material transfer vehicle comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect an object;
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- at least one controller configured to receive data from the sensor and provide autosteer commands to align the material transfer vehicle with the object.
A material transfer vehicle comprising:
- a loading hopper configured to receive asphalt from a truck;
- a hopper conveyor configured to receive the asphalt from the loading hopper;
- a sensor configured to detect the truck when the truck is in front of the loading hopper;
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- at least one controller configured to receive data from the sensor and control at last one light based on the data received from the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.