Patent ID: 9702095
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: E01C

Claim:
1. A hopper insert apparatus for an asphalt paving machine, the apparatus comprising: a perimeter wall defining a hopper insert interior, the interior having an open upper end for receiving incoming asphalt material, and an open lower end for discharging the asphalt material, an upper end cross-sectional area of the open upper end being greater than a lower end cross-sectional area of the open lower end; first and second upper baffles extending across the hopper insert interior and supported from the perimeter wall at an elevation closer to the open upper end than to the open lower end, the upper baffles being laterally spaced apart from each other; and a grate supported within the interior, the upper baffles extending upwardly higher than the grate for retaining asphalt material on the grate.