Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thick asphalt sheet comprises preparing a thick sheet material made of non-woven fabric of synthetic material, passing said sheet material through at least one pair of pressing rolls from the upper side to the lower side and feeding and storing molten petroleum asphalt into a concavity formed on the upper side of said pair of rolls, whereby the molten petroleum asphalt is pressed into the sheet material when said material passes through said pair of rolls, thereby forming an asphalt sheet. The asphalt sheet thus manufactured is immediately led onto a processed ground surface to form a waterproofing layer thereon.

Abstract: An asphalt water-proofing material comprising a core impregnated with petroleum asphalt. The core is made of composite material including a non-woven fabric layer formed of long filaments of synthetic resin arranged in random fashion and a woven or knitted fabric layer. The non-woven fabric and woven or knitted fabric layers are connected together by needle-punching whereby the long filaments of the non-woven fabric layer are forced into the woven or knitted fabric layer to integrally connect these layers to form said core.

Abstract: A bulky asphalt-impregnated sheet comprising a base material of a bulky sheet of non-woven fabric which is uniformly and completely saturated with asphalt on the surface layers of the front and rear sides of said base material, said surface layers having of different properties from each other. A method and a system for manufacturing such bulky sheet comprises preparing the base material of non-woven fabric uniformly and completely saturated with asphalt, scraping off the asphalt from the surface of said base material and then applying a material of a different property onto the scraped surface.

Abstract: Surfaces of roads, bridges, floors, etc., are easily paved by using a mixture of at least one of granular, powdery and flaky asphalt material and a suitable paving aggregate and applying heat and press thereto at the working site.

Abstract: This invention provides a novel granular asphalt which comprises granules having the size of from about 0.074 to about 10 mm and being in the shape of a polyhedron having at least one acute angle. The granular asphalt has excellent properties. In particular, it can be melted rapidly and easily with small thermal capacity and slight heating, without causing thermal decomposition, denaturing and air pollution. The granular asphalt is useful, for example, for producing asphalt compound, cutback asphalt, rubberized asphalt, etc., for use in water-proofing, paving, sealing, etc., and for making asphalt block, asphalt tile, asphalt roofing, tarpaulin paper, flooring sheet, paint and varnish, etc.