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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1995
Theodore P Flanigan, League City, TX (US);
Neste/Wright Asphalt Products, Co., Channelview, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for preparing a homogenous asphalt composition including the steps of introducing asphalt medium into a reactor vessel; introducing whole tire rubber granules into the asphalt medium to form a mixture of the asphalt medium and the granular whole tire rubber; circulating a portion the mixture into a bottom portion of the reactor vessel through jet spray nozzles; and recirculating the mixture at 500.degree. F. through the vessel until the whole tire rubber is completely integrated into the asphalt medium and a stable, homogeneous asphalt composition is formed. The incorporated asphalt composition preferably includes about 10-20% whole tire rubber and about 80-90% asphalt medium.
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