Wirtgen America, Inc.

Ingersoll-rand Company

Laikram Narsingh

James E Meridieth

Jay Scott Johnson

Marta Mosier

Terry Toohig

A hopper insert is provided for an asphalt paving machine. The hopper insert has an outlet which has first and second lateral outlet opening edges which converge toward each other from front to rear along at least a majority of the outlet length.

Hopper insert with converging outlet

A hopper insert for an asphalt paving machine. The hopper insert provides for passive mixing of asphalt material, and also provides a dual capacity loading option. Two upper baffles extend across an open upper end of the hopper insert. A grate extends between the upper baffles. Asphalt material is received on top of the grate between the upper baffles.

Hopper insert for an asphalt paving machine

A hopper insert is provided for an asphalt paving machine. The hopper insert provides for passive mixing of asphalt material, and also provides a dual capacity loading option. Two upper baffles extend across an open upper end of the hopper insert. A grate extends between the upper baffles. Asphalt material is received on top of the grate between the upper baffles.

A flexible, floating beam, for use with a ground contour averaging apparatus on a paving machine includes a flexible main beam mounted on a paving machine, sliding skis supporting the main beam above the ground at two or more points, the main beam formed from a preselected material having a yield strength, the main beam having a preselected combination of section, moment of inertia, bending moment and deflection, whereby the main beam is characterized by a combination of maximum deflection and an internal stress below the yield strength of the beam material.

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Laikram Narsingh