Asphalt finisher
AssigneeSumitomo Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
InventorYamato SUDO
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Abstract
An asphalt finisher includes a tractor; a screw configured to lay and spread a paving material rearward of the tractor; a screed configured to compact the paving material rearward of the screw; a retaining plate disposed in front of the screw; and a connector configured to connect the screed and the retaining plate. The screed is configured to be extendible or contractible in a width of the screed in a vehicle-width direction. The retaining plate is configured to be extendible or contractible in a width of the retaining plate in the vehicle-width direction in conjunction with, via the connector, extension or contraction of the width of the screed in the vehicle-width direction.
Claims8
An asphalt finisher, comprising:
- a tractor;
- a screw configured to lay and spread a paving material rearward of the tractor;
- a screed configured to compact the paving material rearward of the screw;
- a retaining plate disposed in front of the screw;
- and
- a connector configured to connect the screed and the retaining plate, wherein
- the screed is configured to be extendible or contractible in a width of the screed in a vehicle-width direction, and
- the retaining plate is configured to be extendible or contractible in a width of the retaining plate in the vehicle-width direction in conjunction with, via the connector, extension or contraction of the width of the screed in the vehicle-width direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.