Patent ID: 7201536

Claim:
An asphalt patching machine for delivering and finishing asphalt material in an effected area of a roadway, said asphalt patching machine being attachable to a vehicle having a supply of patching material stored thereon; said patching machine having a dispensing and finishing assembly for depositing and finishing patching material from the vehicle to the effected area of roadway; a conveyor system disposed between the supply of patching material and said dispensing and finishing assembly; said conveyor system having at least two conveyor sections, said conveyor sections being connected to one another and the vehicle so as to be rotatable relative to one another and the vehicle in a plane substantially parallel to the roadway; said dispensing and finishing assembly being attached to said conveyor, and including a receiving element; a delivery element; and a tamper, said tamper being telescopingly received about an end of said receiving element, said tamper being mounted about a delivery sleeve, a transfer shaft extending through said tamper and said delivery sleeve, eccentrics disposed on said shaft such that rotation of said shaft will cause said tamper to reciprocate to tamp down material delivered to the effected area, said conveyor delivering patching material to said receiving element where it drops to the effected area, said tamper being reciprocable to tamp down and finish the material so deposited, and movable over the effected area.