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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2012
Applicants:
Thomas R. Campbell, Ooltewah, TN (US);
David Swearingen, Ooltewah, TN (US);
Inventors:
Thomas R. Campbell, Ooltewah, TN (US);
David Swearingen, Ooltewah, TN (US);
Assignee:
Roadtec, Inc., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 19/48 (2006.01); B65G 11/02 (2006.01); B65G 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 19/48 (2013.01); B65G 11/026 (2013.01); B65G 11/206 (2013.01); E01C 2301/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hopper insert for the hopper of a paving machine is installed above a hopper conveyor that conveys asphalt material in a hopper conveying direction. The hopper insert has a front end and a rear end and a plurality of walls that together define an opening adjacent to the hopper conveyor. The opening to the hopper conveyor increases in width from front end of the hopper insert to the rear end.