In Situ Treatment Of Earth Or Roadway Patents (Class 404/75)
  • Patent number: 11820856
    Abstract: A polymeric composition for restoring a previously formed spike hole in a wood railroad tie is described. The polymeric composition comprises a resin comprising a chain extender in a concentration of at least about 10 wt % and at least one polyol, and at least one isocyanate-containing compound. The chain extender may be diethylene glycol. The composition may also include a moisture control additive in a concentration of at least 5 wt % of the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Williamette Valley Company LLC
    Inventor: Nathan E. Werst
  • Patent number: 11802385
    Abstract: A machine for road work for road work, the machine can comprise: a frame, a drive system including a power source carried by the frame, a milling system driven by the power source and a controller. The milling system can comprise: a rotor configured to rotate and remove an amount of material from a working area; a drive member coupling the rotor to be driven by the power source; a tensioner assembly configured to tension the drive member; and a sensor configured to measure the tension of the drive member. The controller can be configured to, in response to a signal received from the sensor, determine if the rotor has encountered an object capable of damaging the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventor: Brian J. Schlenker
  • Patent number: 11719008
    Abstract: A machine for removing beams from underneath formwork at an underside of a concrete slab includes a wheeled base movable on and supported at a support structure, a raisable-and-lowerable structure disposed on the wheeled base, and a beam-removal device coupled to the raisable-and-lowerable structure. The beam-removal device includes a beam-gripping mechanism. With the raisable-and-lowerable structure raised to position the beam-removal device at a beam that supports the formwork at the underside of the concrete slab, the beam-gripping mechanism operates to grasp the beam. With the beam grasped by the beam-gripping mechanism, the machine is operated to remove the beam from the formwork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Somero Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Pietila, Trevor Eenigenburg, Ryan Kangas
  • Patent number: 11718756
    Abstract: Pavement aging can be reduced by applying to an asphalt-containing pavement a topcoat layer or a surface treatment containing asphalt binder emulsion with sterols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: A.L.M. Holding Company, Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald H. Reinke, Gaylon L. Baumgardner, Andrew Hanz
  • Patent number: 11667570
    Abstract: Disclosed are asphalt binder compositions and methods for making such compositions with pure sterol:crude sterol blends. The sterol blends improve various rheological properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: A.L.M. Holding Company, Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald H. Reinke, Gaylon L. Baumgardner, Andrew Hanz
  • Patent number: 11629463
    Abstract: A machine train is composed of a road milling machine that travels in front and a road finisher that travels behind. The road milling machine has a profile data determining device configured so that a sequence of height profile data describing the height of the road surface in the longitudinal direction is determined while the road milling machine advances. For transmission of the height profile data, a data transmission device is provided on the road milling machine and a data receiving device is provided on the road finisher. To change the position of the screed, the road finisher has a levelling device that comprises at least one actuator and a control unit, which is configured so that the control unit generates a control signal for controlling the at least one actuator in accordance with a height profile data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Christoph Menzenbach, René Müller, Cyrus Barimani
  • Patent number: 11572662
    Abstract: An asphalt paver may include a tractor and a screed configured for towing behind the tractor. The screed may include a tow arm secured to the tractor at an adjustable tow point. The paver may also include a monitoring system configured for monitoring and displaying the position of the adjustable tow point. The monitoring system may include a sensor arranged at or near the tow point for sensing the position of the tow point and a computing system in communication with the sensor for displaying the position of the adjustable tow point. A method of paving involving adjusting paving parameters to avoid or compensate for movement in the tow point is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Todd W Mansell, Jonathan A Anderson
  • Patent number: 11447966
    Abstract: A machine for removing formwork from underneath a cured concrete slab includes a wheeled base movable on and supported at a support structure, a raisable-and-lowerable structure disposed on the wheeled base, and a formwork-removal device attached to the raisable-and-lowerable structure. The formwork-removal device includes an arm extending from the raisable-and-lowerable structure, at least one wedge element disposed at a distal end of the arm, and a formwork-retaining mechanism. With the raisable-and-lowerable structure adjusted to raise the wedge element and the wedge element moved to engage the formwork and an underside of a concrete slab, the wedge element is further moved to apply a force separating part of the formwork from the concrete slab, the formwork-retaining mechanism is operated to grasp the formwork separated from the concrete slab, retaining the formwork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SOMERO ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark A. Pietila, Trevor Eenigenburg, Ryan Kangas
  • Patent number: 11408134
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method of controlling an operation of a compactor during a paving operation may include obtaining thermal image data and position data of an asphalt mat using a measuring device on a paving machine, and determining, using a controller, whether a person is on the asphalt mat based on a temperature range and the thermal image data. The method also includes determining, using the controller, a distance between the person and the compactor using the obtained position data and a position of the compactor, and generating, using the controller, a signal for reducing a speed of the compactor when the determined distance between the person and the compactor is less than a maintain speed threshold distance. In other aspects, a related system is provided for controlling a compactor during a paving operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Marsolek, Jacob J. McAlpine, Joshua D. Keyes, Corey B. Hanback
  • Patent number: 11332893
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of resurfacing a sports court. This method involves applying a first adhesive to an existing sports court; curing the first adhesive to a tacky state; applying a thin fabric onto the first adhesive, wherein the thin fabric has a first side applied to the first adhesive and a second side opposite the first side and wherein the thin fabric is capable of releasing from the tacky state of the first adhesive; applying a second adhesive to the second side of the fabric; applying an elastic mat on top of the second adhesive, wherein the elastic mat has a first side applied to the second adhesive and a second side opposite the first side; and applying a sealer to the second side of the elastic mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: C & M Surfaces, LLC
    Inventors: Carvin Pallenberg, Mark Brogan
  • Patent number: 11174604
    Abstract: A method of adjusting milling properties of a rotor for a milling machine includes accessing the rotor. The rotor includes a drum and a plurality of cutting assemblies, and each cutting assembly includes a tool block, a tool holder, and a cutting bit. The method also includes adjusting a rotational orientation of a plurality of cutting bits and tool holders relative to the corresponding tool blocks, and enclosing the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas B. Johnson, Eric S. Engelmann
  • Patent number: 11168214
    Abstract: Disclosed are asphalt and asphalt binders and methods for making such compositions with sterols. The sterols improve various rheological properties. Also disclosed are methods of determining the changes or improvements of various rheoloical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: A.L.M. Holding Company, Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald H. Reinke, Gaylon L. Baumgardner, Andrew Hanz
  • Patent number: 11118317
    Abstract: An asphalt paving system comprising an asphalt paving machine, a plurality of dispensing shafts, and a plurality of rolls of pavement reinforcing membrane. The paving machine comprises a hopper is configured to store hot asphalt material. The plurality of dispensing shafts are mounted on the asphalt paving machine, where at least a portion of at least one dispensing shaft extends from at least one side of the paving machine, and at least a portion of at least one dispensing shaft extends to a front of the paving machine. Each roll of pavement reinforcing membrane is supported by one of the plurality of dispensing shafts. As the asphalt paving machine moves, the plurality of dispensing shafts dispense the pavement reinforcing membrane continuously beneath the asphalt paving machine and the hot asphalt material is dispensed from the hopper on top of the pavement reinforcing membrane beneath the asphalt paving machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: PAVEGARD PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventor: Peter Harco
  • Patent number: 11105051
    Abstract: A system may include a first transportation device, a controller, and an inclination control system. The controller can control a construction machine including the first transportation device, which can move the construction machine over an operating surface. The inclination control system includes first and second slope sensors. The first slope sensor is coupled to the first transportation device and the second slope sensor is coupled to the construction machine. The controller controls the construction machine based on inclination information received from the inclination control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Eric S. Engelmann, Mark A. Tarvin, Conwell K. Rife, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11078634
    Abstract: A paving machine can include a frame; a screed assembly coupled to the frame; and a tamper bar assembly located on the screed assembly, wherein the tamper bar assembly includes a connecting rod configured to have a reciprocating up and down motion; a plate connected to a lower end of the connecting rod; and a tamper bar positioned beneath the plate, wherein the tamper bar is coupled to the plate by one or more dampening members extending between the tamper bar and the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventor: Vitaly Y. Taran
  • Patent number: 11014852
    Abstract: A method of using a flowable binder for construction or repair comprises providing a binder mixture including an alkali metal silicate, fly ash, slag, and added water, where a total water-to-solids mass ratio of the binder mixture is in a range from about 0.2 to 0.5. The binder mixture is mixed together with inert particles to form a flowable mortar. The flowable mortar is distributed over a bed of coarse aggregate, and the mortar seeps into interstices of the coarse aggregate. Upon curing, a composite comprising reinforcement material embedded in a cured binder is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
    Inventors: Waltraud M. Kriven, Kaushik Sankar, Ghassan K. Al-Chaar
  • Patent number: 11008712
    Abstract: A truck-mounted system for dispensing a coating to a road surface includes a coating storage and dispensing system and an aggregate storage and spreader system disposed on the truck chassis. The coating storage and dispensing system includes a liquid storage unit, a plurality of heating units, and a plurality of pumping units for separately storing, heating, and pumping the liquid components of the coating. The liquid components are mixed and dispensed to the road surface by a dispenser. The aggregate storage and spreader system includes a container for aggregate material and a spreader unit for dispensing the aggregate material to the road surface over the coating. The spreader unit is movable between folded and extended positions on the truck chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventors: Nathan Scigliano, Scott Wayne Campbell
  • Patent number: 10954446
    Abstract: A flame-retardant sugar derivative, a process for forming a flame-retardant sugar derivative, and an article of manufacture comprising a flame-retardant sugar derivative are disclosed. The flame-retardant sugar derivative can be synthesized from sorbitol, gluconic acid, or glucaric acid obtained from a bio-based source, and can have at least one phosphoryl or phosphonyl moiety. The process for forming the flame-retardant sugar derivative can include reacting sorbitol, gluconic acid, or glucaric acid and a flame-retardant phosphorus-based molecule to form the flame-retardant sugar derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Scott B. King, Brandon M. Kobilka, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz
  • Patent number: 10781942
    Abstract: A method of using a fill mask to prevent overfill and/or spillage of a fill material from bonding to the roadway surface or staining the roadway surface during filling of a microtrench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: CCIIP LLC
    Inventors: Angleo J. Pino, Jr., Daniel Urban
  • Patent number: 10704213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a height adjustment of a stripping plate of a ground milling machine, in particular a stripping plate of a cold milling machine, during the working process, said method comprising the following steps of detecting the striking of the stripping plate against an obstacle; automatically triggering the height adjustment unit for lifting the stripping plate from a working position, in which the stripping plate is in contact with the underlying ground to be processed, to avoid a further collision with the obstacle; and automatically triggering the height adjustment unit for lowering the stripping plate back to the working position upon overcoming the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: BOMAG GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Gerhardy, Steffen Wachsmann, Jens-Martin Zehbe
  • Patent number: 10676878
    Abstract: The systems can include any suitable component that allows them to move material (e.g., gravel and/or another bulk material), under at least a portion of a frame or other portion of a vehicle, and from one portion of the vehicle to another portion. In some cases, the systems include a chip spreader that includes a motorized vehicle and a material transfer device that is configured to move the material from a first end of the motorized vehicle to a second end of the motorized vehicle. In some cases, the material transfer device is disposed below an axle, frame, drivetrain, radiator, and/or other component of an undercarriage of the motorized vehicle. In some cases, the material transfer device includes one or more conveyors, augers, vibrators, gravity slides, and/or pneumatic systems that are configured to move the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Jeffery Lynn Matkin
  • Patent number: 10494775
    Abstract: A device for compacting a substrate, comprising an under carriage with a base arranged on the under carriage; a superstructure which is connected to the under carriage so as to transmit a force; a vibration exciter, by means of which at least the base of the undercarriage can be caused to vibrate and a contact plate, which is arranged on the base, said contact plate being arranged on a base lower face facing away from the superstructure such that the contact plate directly contacts the substrate to be compacted during the operation of the device. The contact plate and the base are connected together in a non-destructively releasable manner so as to transmit a force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: AMMANN SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventor: Jochen Hoerster
  • Patent number: 10472780
    Abstract: An inset slip form paving apparatus includes a frame having a front and a rear defining a paving direction. At least one left ground engaging support and at least one right ground engaging support support the frame from a ground surface. An inset mold assembly is located below the frame and between the left and right ground engaging supports. An adjustable support assembly supports the mold assembly from the frame so that the mold assembly is adjustable in position in the paving direction relative to the frame between a retracted position and an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Milton Wilson, Nicholas Maupin, Michael Engels
  • Patent number: 10421910
    Abstract: A flame-retardant sugar derivative, a process for forming a flame-retardant sugar derivative, and an article of manufacture comprising a flame-retardant sugar derivative are disclosed. The flame-retardant sugar derivative can be synthesized from sorbitol, gluconic acid, or glucaric acid obtained from a bio-based source, and can have at least one phosphoryl or phosphonyl moiety. The process for forming the flame-retardant sugar derivative can include reacting sorbitol, gluconic acid, or glucaric acid and a flame-retardant phosphorus-based molecule to form the flame-retardant sugar derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Scott B. King, Brandon M. Kobilka, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz
  • Patent number: 10385688
    Abstract: A milling drum is disclosed for use with a cold planer. The milling drum may have a cylindrical body, a flighting plate affixed to an outer surface of the cylindrical body, a base block affixed to the fighting plate and having a first bore, a tool holder disposed in the first bore of the base block and having a second bore, a cutting tool disposed in the second bore of the tool holder, and a paddle affixed to the outer surface of the cylindrical body adjacent the fighting plate. The milling drum may further have a first transmitter coupled to the cutting tool, and a second transmitter coupled to the tool holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Robert Laclef, Eric Steven Engelmann
  • Patent number: 10352006
    Abstract: The present device is a rumble strip forming apparatus for reducing the amount of reactive force transferred to the transporter. The rumble strip forming apparatus includes a transport, a lift device, a grinder, and a drive means that connect drive portions of the transport to the grinder to synchronize engagement of a cutting device with the pavement with forward movement of the transport while providing rearward movement of the grinder drum during cutting. The grinder is configured to provide both rotation of a pavement cutter and up and down movement of the pavement cutter while portions of the grinder remain in contact with the pavement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Waterblasting, LLC
    Inventor: James P. Crocker
  • Patent number: 10266996
    Abstract: A method for operating a milling machine is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input identifying a leg of a plurality of legs of the milling machine. Further, the method includes determining a height of the leg based on the receiving of the input identifying the leg. The height of the leg being determined based on position data of the leg. The position data being obtained by a first sensor. Further, the method includes determining, by the controller and based on the determining the height of the leg, that a height of other legs of the plurality of legs is to be adjusted. Thereafter, the method includes adjusting the height of the other legs of the plurality of legs to the height of the leg. The height of the other legs being adjusted based on the determined height of the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Lee M. Hogan, Matthew-David S. Frantz, Jason William Muir, Kristen Ann Gerstner, Timothy Michael O'Donnell, Hyppolite Kuissi
  • Patent number: 10246838
    Abstract: A joint and crack filler composition may include a rubber aggregate and a binder made of a resin and a hardener. The rubber aggregate may be made from recycled tire rubber and may include a tri-blend of large shreds, small shreds, and fine pieces. The resin may be an epoxy, such as a semi-rigid liquid epoxy or a semi-rigid thixotropic epoxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Inventors: James L Andrews, Anthony Gaffney
  • Patent number: 10156050
    Abstract: The screed plate apparatus and method has a road paver/finisher, screed plate, and material matting apparatus having a power source and structural/conductor plate. Paving material is loaded into the material matting apparatus and applied homogeneously as a paving mat to a road surface in a road paver/finisher travel direction. The structural/conductor plate is attached to the road paver/finisher and to the screed plate to provide indirect heat to the screed plate. The screed plate bottom side has differing forms of textured surface impacting the paving material, by differing corrugations of differing patterns, into a more homogeneous consistency. The corrugated pattern may be oriented parallel or perpendicular to the paver travel direction, and/or progressively flattening or set in a crisscross rhombic pattern. A vibrating and oscillating mechanism operates horizontally and vertically upon the screed plate providing a homogeneously sorting on the paving material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Four PS, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Anthony Frost, David Michael Frost, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10041213
    Abstract: A method of repairing a damaged portion formed in a roadway includes drilling a plurality of boreholes in an interior surface of the damaged portion and filling the damaged portion and the boreholes with a fill material. The fill material may comprise a binding agent, such as a resin, and aggregate mixture. The boreholes operate to anchor the fill material in the damaged portion to increase the life of the repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Inventor: Richard Giles
  • Patent number: 9963841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a construction machine, in particular a ground milling machine, comprising transportation means connected to the machine frame via lifting columns. The lift adjustment of the lifting columns occurs as a function of the determined weight force values respectively applied to at least one actuator of a pair of front and/or rear and/or right and/or left transportation means. The present invention further relates to a method of optimum and practical weight distribution of the machine weight to the transportation devices for such a construction machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Nacke, Marco Reuter, Andre Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 9869063
    Abstract: A method for paving a surface includes identifying the location of a first paving machine in a stringless paving train relative to a reference point and sending instructions to the first paving machine according to a road profile. The method further includes identifying the location of a second paving machine in a stringless paving train relative to the reference point and sending instructions to the second paving machine according to the road profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: GOMACO Corporation
    Inventors: Mark W. Brenner, Raymond J. Bumann, III
  • Patent number: 9863101
    Abstract: A highly portable asphalt plant of substantial size and product manufacturing capacity carries the system components on the confines of two transportable vehicles. The two vehicles are arranged in a fashion whereby vehicle one is connected to vehicle two in an inline continuous fashion. Vehicle two contains an integrated inertial dust separator baghouse design and provides for the receiving of the rotary dryer drum mixer directly and without the use, of interconnecting ductwork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph T Mollick, Willam D. Gulley, Thomas F Gebhard
  • Patent number: 9745480
    Abstract: A method renders the surface of bitumen materials to be non-tacky, and minimize or eliminate the loss of the bitumen materials to traffic. The method may also be used on top of prime coat and fog seal, to reduce tackiness of bitumen materials from cured bitumen emulsions, and to decrease unnecessary and unwanted tracking by passing traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Qiong Zhou, Alan Duncan James, Ralph Franklin, Christine Cornelia Gorsuch
  • Patent number: 9637870
    Abstract: A pavement repair system utilizing solid phase auto regenerative cohesion and homogenization by liquid asphalt oligopolymerization technologies. The system is suitable for use in repairing asphalt pavement, including pavement exhibiting a high degree of deterioration (as manifested in the presence of potholes, cracks, ruts, or the like) as well as pavement that has been subject to previous repair and may comprise a substantial amount of dirt and other debris (e.g., chipped road paint or other damaged or disturbed surfacing materials). A system utilizing homogenization by liquid asphalt oligopolymerization is suitable for rejuvenating or repairing aged asphalt, thereby improving properties of the paving material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Inventor: William B. Coe
  • Patent number: 9624625
    Abstract: A pavement repair system utilizing solid phase auto regenerative cohesion and homogenization by liquid asphalt oligopolymerization technologies. The system is suitable for use in repairing asphalt pavement, including pavement exhibiting a high degree of deterioration (as manifested in the presence of potholes, cracks, ruts, or the like) as well as pavement that has been subject to previous repair and may comprise a substantial amount of dirt and other debris (e.g., chipped road paint or other damaged or disturbed surfacing materials). A system utilizing homogenization by liquid asphalt oligopolymerization is suitable for rejuvenating or repairing aged asphalt, thereby improving properties of the paving material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Inventor: William B. Coe
  • Patent number: 9551117
    Abstract: A method for repairing an aged asphalt pavement is provided. The method involves passing an emitter over the aged asphalt pavement, wherein the emitter generates electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of from 20 microns to 1 mm that penetrates into the pavement to a depth of at least 2 inches. The asphalt pavement is repaired by disturbing voids and interstices in the damaged pavement without dehydrogenation of the asphalt, such that oligomers present in the aged asphalt are linked together into longer polymer chains to improve ductility of the aged asphalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Inventor: William B. Coe
  • Patent number: 9469990
    Abstract: A restructured, recycled or repurposed slab such as stone, wood or the like which includes a primary component and a secondary component which fills a fissure, crack or break in the slab. The secondary component being configured to restore the structural integrity and/or providing a continuous surface. The secondary component configured to provide a noticeable contrast in appearance to the primary component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Restructured Surfaces, LLC
    Inventor: Danyelle Dirkson
  • Patent number: 9347187
    Abstract: A pavement repair system utilizes solid phase auto regenerative cohesion and homogenization by liquid asphalt oligopolymerization technologies. The system is suitable for use in repairing asphalt pavement, including pavement exhibiting a high degree of deterioration (as manifested in the presence of potholes, cracks, ruts, or the like) as well as pavement that has been subject to previous repair and may comprise a substantial amount of dirt and other debris (e.g., chipped road paint or other damaged or disturbed surfacing materials). A system utilizing homogenization by liquid asphalt oligopolymerization is suitable for rejuvenating or repairing aged asphalt, thereby improving properties of the paving material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Inventor: William B. Coe
  • Patent number: 9297171
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for screeding concrete to produce a level finished surface that includes a frame assembly, a boom assembly secured to the frame assembly at a first end and to a screed head at a second end, and a track drive assembly having a pair of driven tracks spaced from at least one wheel, the tracks and the wheels each rotatably secured to the rigid frame assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Inventor: Peter A. Ligman
  • Patent number: 9272283
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improvement to a bucket-type jaw crusher used for treatment of slag and other waste. In a bucket-type jaw crusher provided with a bucket (1) attached to an arm of a construction machine, a fixed jaw (5) fixed in the bucket, and a moving jaw (6) opposed to the fixed jaw (5) and pivotally supported on the top by an eccentric shaft (7) and supported on the bottom by a toggle mechanism and crushing slag and other materials to be crushed by reciprocating swing of the moving jaw (6), a motor (9) for rotating the eccentric shaft (7) forward and reverse is provided in the bucket and crushing control means is provided which automatically rotates the eccentric shaft (7) in reverse by the motor (9) and then, rotates the shaft forward when crushing the material to be crushed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: ITOH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ito, Makoto Ishioka, Mitoko Ishioka, Rie Ishioka, Narumi Ishioka
  • Patent number: 9151003
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling operation of an endgate of a screed paving machine using a control device is disclosed. The at least one control device may have a plurality of endgate controls and may be employed for issuing commands to a controller by an operator for controlling operation of the at least one endgate and operate the at least one endgate in an up mode and a down mode, changing the fore/aft pitch of the at least one endgate in tilt-up and tilt-down modes and operating the at least one endgate in auto-on and auto-off modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Edward Graham, Ricky Mings, Todd Michael Jennings, Jameson Michael Smieja
  • Patent number: 9121148
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for cutting grooves in a surface includes a housing having a rotatable cutting head mounted therein. An actuator drives the cutting head out of and into contact with the surface. Sensors disposed on the housing sense a depth of the groove cut by the cutting head. A controller is arranged to receive a signal from the sensors and compare the depth of the groove with a predetermined reference depth. The controller sends a signal to the actuator and adjusts the position of the cutting head via the actuator to maintain the depth of the groove at about the reference depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: SURFACE PREPARATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: H. Matthew Johnson
  • Patent number: 9068295
    Abstract: In a system for laying down an asphalt layer made of asphalt material, and having a road paver having a screed with compacting tools, a compacting device and a mixer, an electronic material density module is provided in or for the road paver. The electronic material density module obtains data during the laying process regarding at least the actual degree of compaction of the asphalt layer produced in the area of at least one compacting tool and evaluates and/or documents these data at least for operational optimisation and/or operational monitoring of the road paver and/or compacting device and/or mixer. The data obtained is communicated to the compacting device that produces the final degree of compaction of the asphalt layer based on the data and on the actual degree of compaction determined at the screed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Joseph Vogele AG
    Inventors: Arnold Rutz, Achim Eul, Martin Buschmann, Ralf Weiser
  • Patent number: 9062420
    Abstract: The invention relates to an unbalance type exciter (6) for a soil compaction device. This exciter comprises a carrying structure (5) as well as an unbalance weight (8, 9), which by means of a bearing (11a, 11b) is supported at the carrying structure (5) in rotatable manner around a rotation axis (Y) which in the intended use is stationary with respect to the carrying structure (5), for generating an intermittent exciting force for causing the carrying structure (5) in the intended use to vibrate. The bearing (11a, 11b) of the unbalance weight (8, 9) is arranged at least partially within the space which is circled by the unbalance weight (8, 9) when rotating around the rotation axis (y). Owing to the fact that this space is used for receiving at least part of the bearing of the unbalance weight (8, 9) it becomes possible to provide unbalance type exciters (6) having very small axial overall length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Ammann Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Martin Schärer, Christoph Anliker
  • Publication number: 20150147117
    Abstract: Provided herein are roadways containing polyurethane materials. A roadway includes a base layer of a compacted in situ material and/or a wear layer disposed on the base layer. One or both of these layers may include the polyurethane material to bind other components in the layers and to form more robust and durable roadway structures capable of withstanding operating loads of the roadway. In some embodiments, the polyurethane material is added to the wear layer by mixing in situ soil and/or foreign aggregate with polyurethane material or by dispensing the polyurethane material over the existing partially formed wear layer. The base layer may or may not include a polyurethane material. The type, concentration, distribution, and processing of the polyurethane material in the wear layer may be the same or different than that in the base layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Technisoil Industrial LLC
    Inventor: Sean Somers Weaver
  • Patent number: 9039319
    Abstract: A vibratory compactor having a first compacting element having a variable vibratory mechanism that sets a modifiable compaction effort, a second compacting element, a first sensor configured to measure a first surface compactability associated with the first compacting element, a second sensor configured to measure a second surface compactability associated with the second compacting element and a control system. The control system is configured to receive the first surface compactability, receive the second surface compactability, determine a target compaction effort for the first compacting element based on the first surface compactability and the second surface compactability, and modify the variable vibratory mechanism to set the compaction effort at the target compaction effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas A. Oetken
  • Patent number: 9016978
    Abstract: A method of repairing cracks in a paved surface includes identifying at least one crack in the surface that needs to be repaired. The crack is then filled with an asphalt sealer including approximately 40-55% by weight of slag sand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: SuperGrout Products LLC
    Inventor: Jeff Konczak
  • Publication number: 20150110555
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for paving low-traffic roads or paths with a paving slab that is cast in situ and has a width Dx narrower than the smaller value of D1 and D2, wherein D1 is the free distance between the front wheels of a standard haulage truck and D2 is the distance separating the wheels of the rear-wheel train, being the length of the paving slab Lx shorter than the value of the length L of the free distance between the front axle and the first rear axle of the wheel train of the standard haulage truck, such that the dimensions Dx and Lx mean that a single wheel or, alternatively, a single wheel train of the standard truck is always supported by the paving slab, touching same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Juan Pablo Covarrubias Vidal
  • Publication number: 20150098759
    Abstract: A method for increased adhesion and prevention of pavement cracking by subsurface application of a composition comprising a synthetic fluid or base oil, a pour point depressant, a binder, and various combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Robert W. Vitale, Cheryl L. Detloff