Patent ID: 7160056

Claim:
A material transfer vehicle for transporting asphalt from a delivery truck to a paving machine, which vehicle comprises: (a) a frame having a first end and a second end; (b) a vehicle drive system which is operatively attached to the frame and adapted to drive the vehicle; (c) a turret that is rotatably mounted on the frame; (d) a surge bin: (i) that is mounted on the turret; (ii) that has a front side; (iii) that has a rear side with a discharge opening therein; (iv) that is adapted to contain a quantity of asphalt; (e) a truck-unloading conveyor: (i) that is mounted on the frame; (ii) that has an inlet end; (iii) that has an outlet end which is adjacent to the front side of the surge bin; (iv) that is adapted to move asphalt from the inlet end to the outlet end; (g) a paver-loading conveyor: (i) that is mounted on the turret; (ii) that has an inlet end extending into the discharge opening on the rear side of the surge bin; (iii) that has a outlet end; (iv) that is adapted to move asphalt from the inlet end to the outlet end.