The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mira Kubiak, Wayne, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Building Materials Corporation of America, Wayne, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
442 82 ; 442 65 ; 427209 ; 427299 ; 427305 ; 427443 ; 428364 ; 4282977 ;
Abstract
A process for making a roofing ply roll or sheet product which comprises pretreating a fiber glass mat with water to provide greater than 2 and less than 10 wt. % water therein, and impregnating said moisturized mat with molten asphalt, the amount of asphalt retained in said mat being directly related to the amount of water present in the pretreated mat. An ASTM D 2178 Type VI roofing ply sheet comprising a fiber glass mat impregnated with asphalt and having a tensile strength of at least 60 lbf/in CMD and a flexibility of about 0.2 or less in inch/lb stiffness modulus MD.