Patent ID: 11866888
Assignee: ROADTEC, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A material transfer vehicle comprising:
a material-receiving device that is adapted to receive asphalt paving material;
a loading conveyor that is operatively connected to the material-receiving device and adapted to receive asphalt paving material from the material-receiving device;
a ground operator's station that is located adjacent to the material-receiving device, said ground operator's station comprising:
a lower platform on which the ground operator may stand;
a seat on which the ground operator may sit,
wherein the loading conveyor has a long axis a width WC that is measured transverse to the long axis,
wherein the material-receiving device has a width WM measured transverse to the long axis of the loading conveyor that is greater that the width WC of the loading conveyor, so that a recess is created adjacent to the loading conveyor and behind the material-receiving device, and
wherein the ground operator's station is located in the recess adjacent to the loading conveyor and behind the material-receiving device.