Roadway patching attachment for dump trucks

In combination with a dump truck having a frame with front and rear wheels and a bulk roadway repair material receiving dump bed mounted thereon for discharging bulk roadway material onto a shoulder area of a roadway surface from the discharge end of a downwardly projecting chute situated between front and rear wheels and on one side of the frame as the truck is moved forwardly along the surface, a roadway material spreader comprising:

• a blade having a bottom grading edge thereon;
• a carrying frame mounting the blade at one end thereof and extending from the blade to a remote end;
• means for mounting the carrying frame at the remote carrying frame end to the truck frame between the front and rear wheels and adjacent the chute for movement in relation to the chute discharge end;
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• skid means on the blade for slidably supporting the blade from the roadway surface when in its operative position for movement over the shoulder area of the roadway surface.

A roadway repair material spreader for a dump truck having chute discharge situated to one side of the truck and between forward and rearward wheels thereof, said spreader comprising:

• an arched blade having a top edge and a bottom grading edge extending between opposed blade ends;
• a skid attached to the arched blade at one end thereof and having a bottom skid surface thereon spaced downwardly, in relation to the top and bottom blade edges, from the bottom grading edge;
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• carrying frame means for positioning the arched blade adjacent the chute discharge of the truck, forward of the rear truck wheel such that material discharged through the chute is received and spread by the arched blade as the truck is moved forwardly and such that the spread material is pressed by the rear wheel as the truck moves forwardly.