Patent ID: 7470082

Claim:
A hot-in-place machine for repaving an existing asphalt-based pavement, the paving machine being operable in both paving and transportation modes, comprising: a mainframe having a plurality of attachment points; a plurality of retractable mainframe wheels connected to and depending from the mainframe; at least two of the mainframe attachment points being adapted to engage a rear transportation frame having at least one axle and corresponding wheels; a storage bin including a fifth-wheel pin connector, the storage bin being releasably engageable to at least two mainframe attachment points and positionable between raised and lowered positions; wherein when the paving machine is in: a) the transportation mode, the storage bin is in the raised position, the transportation frame is connected to the main frame and the wheels are retracted; and b) the paving mode, the storage bin is in the lowered position and the wheels are extended.