Patent ID: 11858561
Assignee: ROADTEC, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B  E

Claim 16:
17. A material transfer vehicle comprising:
a frame;
a front end;
a rear end;
an asphalt paving material receiving device at the front end;
a discharge conveyor at the rear end, said discharge conveyor being adapted to convey asphalt paving material to a receiving hopper of an asphalt paving machine;
an operator's station having a bottom with a fixed point, the operator's station further comprising:
an operator's platform;
an operator's seat mounted to the operator's platform;
a platform moving assembly mounting the operator's platform in the operator's station, the platform moving assembly including:
a slewing bearing;
a bracket disposed at the bottom of the slewing bearing;
a linear actuator attached between the bracket at the bottom of the slewing bearing and the fixed point of the operator's station;

wherein, via the platform moving assembly, the operator's platform is moveable between a travel position that is entirely within an outer periphery of the material transfer vehicle and an operating position that locates the operator's seat at least partially outside the outer periphery of the material transfer vehicle.