Asphalt paver with remixing conveyor system

On an asphalt paver for applying a mat of hot mix asphalt on a surface as the paver is moved along a path, a device for remixing the asphalt material, comprising:

• a feed hopper for receiving the asphalt material;
• a spreader arranged to spread the asphalt material in a direction generally transverse to the path to form the mat;
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• a pair of spaced apart axially rotatable augers disposed within said hopper and extending generally parallel to the path, said augers arranged to convey the material from said hopper towards said spreader, said augers further defining a remixing zone therebetween wherein the material is desegregated laterally relative to the path as the material is conveyed by said augers.

A device for applying a mat of hot mix asphalt material on a surface as the device is moved along a path, comprising:

• a hopper for receiving the hot mix asphalt material;
• a spreader for spreading the hot mix asphalt material generally transversely from a longitudinal axis of the device to form the mat;
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• a pair of oppositely pitched counter-rotating conveying augers rotatably mounted within and substantially spanning the hopper, the augers being disposed generally parallel to the path and extending to the spreader, the augers being arranged to convey the hot mix asphalt material from the hopper to the spreader, each of the augers including a central shaft having helical flighting and a plurality of remixing blades disposed on the shaft intermediately of the flighting, the remixing blades being adapted to displace the hot mix asphalt material intermittently and generally transversely thereby remixing the hot mix asphalt material as the material is conveyed to the spreader.

An asphalt paver for applying a mat of asphaltic material on a surface as the paver is moved along a path, comprising:

• a feed hopper for receiving the mixed asphaltic material;
• a spreader arranged to spread the asphaltic material in a direction generally transverse to the path to form the mat;
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• a pair of spaced apart axially rotatable augers, the augers substantially spanning the hopper and extending to the spreader, the augers further defining therebetween a continuous remixing zone wherein the asphaltic material is desegregated laterally relative to the path as the material is conveyed by the augers from the hopper to the spreader.