Method and apparatus for laying asphalt

Claim 1

AN ASPHALT APPLYING APPARATUS ADAPTED FOR TRAVEL ON A PRE-ESTABLISHED SUPPORT SURFACE COMPRISING A MOBILE FRAME; ASPHALT CONTAINING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE FRAME, SAID CONTAINING MEANS PROVIDING AN ASPHALT DISCHARGE OPENING ELONGATED TRANSVERSELY OF THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE APPRARATUS; A CYLINDRICAL ROLLER AXIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH SAID OPENING AND IN REARWARDLY SPACED RELATION THERETO; MEANS CONNECTING THE ROLLER TO THE FRAME REARWARDLY ADJACENTLY OF THE DISCHARGE OPENING IN SUPPORTING RELATION TO SAID FRAME, SAID ROLLER BEING ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED ON ASPHALT DISCHARGED FROM SAID CONTIANING MEANS; ASPHALT LEVELLING MEANS POSITIONED IN THE FRAME BETWEEN SAID OPENING AND SAID ROLLER MEANS MOUNTED IN THE FRAME MOUNTING THE LEVELLING MEANS POSITIONED IN THE FRAME FOR ELEVATIONAL MOVEMENT INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID FRAME AND WITH THE LEVELLING MEANS FRO TRAVEL WITH THE FRAME ENGAGEMENT WITH ASPHALT DISCHARGED FROM SAID OPENING; MEANS MOUNTED IN THE FRAME FOR FLOOATING ELEVATIONAL MOVEMENT INDEPENDENTLY THEREOF AND OPPOSITELY OUTWARDLY SPACED FROM THE LEVELLING MEANS, OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE OPENING AND OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE ROLLER, SAID FLOATING MEANS BEING OPERABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEVELLING MEANS AN BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT SAID LEVELLING MEANS ON SAID SUPPORT SURFACE IN PREDETERMINED SPACED RELATION THERETO ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE OPENING; AND POWERED MEANS CONNECTED TO THE ROLLER FOR ROTATING THE SAME TO MOTIVATE THE APPARATUS FOR TRAVEL OVER THE SUPPORT SURFACE.