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Machine alert when stopping on hot asphalt

  • US 9,367,042 B2
  • Filed: 10/21/2014
  • Issued: 06/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An alert system for use in a compactor for an asphalt paving operation comprising:

  • a speed sensor;

    a pavement temperature sensor;

    an operator alert device configured to activate an alert to an operator when a command is received; and

    a controller that;

    determines, via the speed sensor, that the compactor is stopped;

    determines, via the pavement temperature sensor, that a pavement temperature proximate the compactor is above a threshold temperature; and

    issues the command that activates the operator alert device.

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