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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2014
Saint-gobain Adfors Canada, Ltd., Grand Island, NY (US);
Wayne R. Vliet, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Missy R. Miller, Tuscumbia, AL (US);
Ronald L. Franklin, Jr., Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Charles G. Herbert, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Nancy E. Brown, New Braintree, MA (US);
Fei Wang, Stoneham, MA (US);
SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORS CANADA, LTD., Grand Island, NY (US);
Abstract
A glass mat includes an assembly of glass fibers, a binder composition and an asphaltic coating. The binder composition includes an organic resin and an adhesion promoter. The glass mat has an at least 2% increase in tear strength as measured using the methods specified in ASTM D3462, compared to an asphaltic coated glass mat having a binder composition without the adhesion promoter. Further provided is an asphalt roofing product including the glass mat and a method of increasing tear strength in an asphalt roofing product.