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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Astec, Inc., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Inventor:
Malcolm L. Swanson, Chickamauga, GA (US);
Assignee:
Astec, Inc., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 11/04 (2006.01); E01C 19/05 (2006.01); F26B 21/08 (2006.01); F26B 23/02 (2006.01); F26B 11/02 (2006.01); F26B 21/00 (2006.01); F26B 21/10 (2006.01); F26B 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 11/0409 (2013.01); E01C 19/05 (2013.01); F26B 11/022 (2013.01); F26B 11/04 (2013.01); F26B 11/0477 (2013.01); F26B 21/003 (2013.01); F26B 21/08 (2013.01); F26B 21/10 (2013.01); F26B 23/02 (2013.01); F26B 25/005 (2013.01); Y02P 70/40 (2015.11);
Abstract
A dryer adapted for use in an asphalt plant. The dryer comprises a drum having an inner wall and a plurality of flights, each of which is disposed on the inner wall of the drum and each of which has a proximal end and a distal end spaced apart from the proximal end. At least one of the plurality of flights comprises a V-shaped notch. A method for drying components of asphalt comprising drying the components of asphalt in the drum of such a dryer.