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Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2023
Applicant:

Specialty Granules Investments Llc, Parsippany, NJ (US);

Inventor:

Peter Wilson, Knoxville, MD (US);

Assignee:

SPECIALTY GRANULES INVESTMENTS LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 18/02 (2006.01); C04B 14/14 (2006.01); C04B 41/50 (2006.01); C04B 103/40 (2006.01); C04B 111/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 18/021 (2013.01); C04B 14/14 (2013.01); C04B 41/5024 (2013.01); C04B 2103/406 (2013.01); C04B 2111/00586 (2013.01);
Abstract

Roofing granules comprising agglomerated inorganic material, and building materials, such as shingles, that include such roofing granules. By fabricating roofing granules from agglomerating inorganic material, in combination with a binder composition having a wetting agent, it is possible to increase the yield of the fabricated roofing granules and tailor the particle size distribution so as to provide optimal shingle surface coverage, thus reducing shingle weight and usage of raw materials. Additionally, the use of agglomeration permits the utilization of by-products from conventional granule production processes.


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