Patent ID: 11879216
Assignee: WIRTGEN GMBH
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  G  B | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A paver comprising:
a machine frame supported by at least one undercarriage;
a paving device configured for the paving of material;
a spreading device comprising a spreading plough configured to spread material to be paved in a direction running transversely to the working direction, the spreading device being arranged in the working direction in front of the paving device;
one or more sensors attached to the machine frame in a defined position, wherein the one or more sensors are configured to generate elevation profile data or elevation profile signals which describe the elevation profile of material deposited by a material depositing vehicle in front of the spreading device in the direction running transversely to the working direction, wherein the material depositing vehicle is independent of the paver;
a data or signal processor configured to determine portions of the elevation profile in which an elevation of the material is less than, equal to, or greater than a nominal elevation, from the elevation profile data or elevation profile signals and further data describing a predetermined nominal elevation; and
a controller comprising or functionally linked with the data or signal processor, wherein the controller is configured to control the spreading plough to transport material from a portion in which the elevation of the material is greater than the nominal elevation into a portion in which the elevation of the material is less than the nominal elevation movable transversely to the working direction,
wherein the spreading plough is controllable to be moved vertically between a lower position into an upper position and/or transversely to the working direction.