contact means 62 is included for pressing the paving fabric onto the layer of pavement coating material with particular reference to fig3 a sectioned structure is shown comprising a center section 64 from which extend opposing midlateral sections 65 and outermost lateral sections 66 the outer end of the outermost sections are secured to a connector sleeve 68 which is fixed to the lower rearward portion of the end plate each section comprises a box beam 70 with slide connector means for connecting the sections to each other as shown in fig8 the rearward upper end lower edges of the center and midlateral section box beams are provided with angle bars 71 the rearward legs 72 are spaced from each other and from rearward face 73 of the box beam to define an overhung lateral slot 74 extending from about the median line of the forward face 75 of the midlateral and outermost section box beams are slot engagement members shown as t bars 76 the t bars project into the slot 74 and are retained therein by the angle bar rearward legs 72 the angle bars extend along the length of the aforementioned sections to permit complete lateral movement of the sections relative to each other the t bars have a length less than half the length of the sections to allow for adequate but sufficiently supported extension of each movable section beyond the other.