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US 9,956,917 B1Granted
Access stairway for material transfer vehicle
AssigneeRoadtec, Inc.
InventorMatthew Neisen
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Abstract
A material transfer vehicle includes a frame and an operator's platform that is mounted on the frame. A conveyor is mounted on the frame, adjacent to and below the operator's platform. The conveyor is adapted to be moved between a working position and a travel position. An access stairway to the operator's station includes a side stair portion and a conveyor step that is mounted on the upper side of the conveyor.
Claims10
A material transfer vehicle comprising:
- (a) a frame having a frame longitudinal axis;
- (b) an operator's platform that is mounted on the frame;
- (c) a conveyor:
- (i) having an upper side and a conveyor longitudinal axis;
- (ii) which is mounted on the frame;
- (iii) which is located adjacent to and below the operator's platform;
- (iv) which is adapted to be moved between a working position in which the conveyor longitudinal axis forms a working angle with the frame longitudinal axis and a travel position in which the conveyor longitudinal axis forms a travel angle with the frame longitudinal axis;
- (d) an access stairway to the operator's station comprising:
- (i) a side stair portion;
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- (ii) a conveyor step that is mounted on the upper side of the conveyor, said conveyor step being mounted so as to be generally horizontal when the conveyor is in its working position.
8 more elements
A material transfer vehicle having an outer periphery and further comprising:
- (a) a frame;
- (b) an operator's platform that is mounted on the frame;
- (c) a truck-receiving hopper for receiving asphalt paving material from a supply truck;
- (d) a truck-unloading conveyor:
- (i) having an upper side;
- (ii) which is operatively attached to the truck-receiving hopper;
- (iii) which is adapted to convey asphalt paving material from the truck-receiving hopper;
- (iv) which is movable between a working position and a travel position;
- (e) an access stairway to the operator's station comprising:
- (i) a right side stair portion having a plurality of fixed stair steps that provide access to the upper side of the truck-unloading conveyor;
- (ii) a left side stair portion having a plurality of fixed stair steps that provide access to the upper side of the truck-unloading conveyor;
- (iii) a plurality of conveyor steps that are each mounted across the upper side of the truck-unloading conveyor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.