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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7748888 | Apparatus for stabilizing plaster A process for stabilizing plaster includes: a) providing a heated HH-plaster; b) feeding the hot plaster in a moistening device having walls heated to at least 100° C.; c) injecting water and/or steam into the moistening device in conditions that such not yet moist... | 07/06/2010 |
| 6363625 | Multiple drum mixing system A drying and mixing plant is provided comprising a tapered inner drum (1) and an oppositely tapered outer drum (4) attached together concentrically and rotated as a unit. A burner (37) directs a hot air stream into the small end (2) of the inner drum (1).... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6036352 | Method of and device for improving the quality of fresh concrete and preventing adhesion and hardening of the fresh concrete in a mixer drum of a concrete mixer truck or of a concrete mixing plant A method of and device for improving the quality of fresh concrete and preventing adhesion and hardening of the mixed fresh concrete in a rotary mixer drum of a concrete mixer truck or a stationary mixer drum of a concrete mixer plant which involves deliv... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5947720 | Apparatus for preparing materials for road repair Portable-to-site apparatus is operative to produce ready-to-lay traffic-wear surfacing and/or road etc course materials. A drum-like container is supported for axial rotation within insulation walling of a heating chamber allowing front access to one end ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5446598 | Signal processing apparatus A signal processing apparatus for recording an audio input signal on a recording medium by time base compressing the signal or reproducing the signal from the recording medium is arranged to limit the high band of the audio input signal before compressing... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5193906 | Heater for a mortar preparation system This invention describes a heating system for use with a mortar mixing unit. The heating system is comprised of a series of heat exchanging portions used to inhibit freezing of the materials used to prepare mortar in extremely cold weather conditions. The... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5100510 | Apparatus for manufacturing high bulk density particulate fabric softening synthetic anionic organic detergent compositions A process for manufacturing a high bulk density particulate detergent composition, of a bulk density greater than 0.7 g./cc. and preferably in the range of 0.8 to 1.0 g./cc., includes turbodrying a mixture of synthetic anionic organic detergent, preferabl... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4955721 | Apparatus for applying a sulphur-based structural material to paved surfaces A portable apparatus adapted for use in filling chuck holes in paved surfaces with a sulphur-based material that has been heated to a plasticized condition. The apparatus includes an electrically heated furnace in which an auger is mounted for the purpose... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4955288 | Cake manufacturing machine A cake manufacturing machine that can churn the ingredient for cake with hollow churning claws along the filtered compressed air coming out of the claws and then the ingredient churned can be dropped down in a funnel, then flow doen in aheating device in ... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4940334 | Reverse flow mixing method for direct-fired asphaltic concrete drum mixers A reverse flow post-mixer attachment for direct-fixed asphaltic concrete mixers includes a modified discharge box for the downstream end of the drum and an enclosure for the downstream portion of the drum forming a passage along the exterior of the drum. ... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4887908 | Mobile asphalt crack sealant apparatus Disclosed is a mobile sealant material apparatus comprising a frame adapted for vehicular movement and bearing a scraped-surface, indirectly-heated jacketed vessel for housing heated, fluid sealant material. Heated fluid heating media is heated in heating... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4813784 | Reverse flow post-mixer attachment and method for direct-fired asphaltic concrete drum mixers A reverse flow post-mixer attachment for direct-fixed asphaltic concrete mixers includes a modified discharge box for the downstream end of the drum and an enclosure for the downstream portion of the drum forming a passage along the exterior of the drum. ... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4787938 | Countercurrent drum mixer asphalt plant A drum mixer asphalt plant is provided with a rotatable cylinder 10 in which virgin aggregate, recycle material and liquid asphalt are mixed to produce an asphaltic composition and the hot gas stream for heating and drying the materials flow in countercur... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4692028 | Sealant melter/applicator with automatic load switching system A sealant melter/applicator includes a sealant melting chamber, an internal combustion engine having a rotating power output shaft and an hydraulic pump which converts the rotary motion of the engine power output shaft into a flow of pressurized hydraulic... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4325641 | Conversion tank for recycling asphaltic shingle tabs An apparatus for and a method of recycling asphaltic waste shingles. The apparatus includes an elongated conversion tank into which an asphaltic oil, preferably preheated, and shingle tabs are admitted. The shingle tabs are dissociated into substantially ... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4300292 | Heated mill drive system A rotatable drum apparatus for use with a drying kiln or a dry grinding mill has a large gear wheel secured to the periphery of the drum, the drum being heated. In order to minimize the generation of undue stresses between gear wheel and drum due to therm... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4280922 | Method and apparatus for embedding radioactive pulverulent organic waste in a thermoplastic mass Method of removing radiant, pulverulent synthetic wastes which are mixed dry with a thermoplastic mass in a kneader and then delivered from a discharge opening of the kneader into a container capable of providing a final storage therefor, while gases and/... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4277180 | Method and apparatus for making bituminous mixtures A bituminous mixture of aggregate and a bituminous binder, especially for road construction or repair is prepared by mixing a batch of still moist aggregate with the bituminous binder in a pressurized mixing container. The gauge pressure in the mixing con... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4245915 | Apparatus for making asphalt concrete A process for making asphalt concrete comprises mixing starting materials including aggregate and binder material and optionally, other additives, to a final temperature of about 60° C. to about 150° C. in an indirectly heated mixing chamber which is se... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4242001 | Worm extruder assembly Worm extruder assembly includes an extruder worm, a steam dome formed as a cylindrical tube disposed transversely to the worm axis, a condenser surrounding the cylindrical tube, a steam outlet line extending from the steam dome to the condenser, and means... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4229109 | System for producing bituminous paving mixtures A closed loop system which includes (1) a drum mixer, (2) a heat source separate from the drum mixer for producing a heated gas, (3) intake and exhaust ducts which channel, respectively, the gas produced by the heat source to the intake end of the drum mi... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4222416 | Apparatus for controllably dispensing a viscous resin and reactive hardener The apparatus comprises a housing having individual compartments for separately storing an epoxy resin material and a reactive hardener for the epoxy resin, a rotatably adjustable housing having a first and second stationary position, an aperture for each... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4197014 | Asphalt regenerating apparatus An asphalt regenerating apparatus including a drum in which blade means is provided and hot water is contained is disclosed. The asphalt waste is introduced into the drum and heated by the hot water contained in the drum. By revolving the blade means, the... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4165184 | Apparatus for asphaltic concrete hot mix recycling A method of hot mix recycling of old asphaltic concrete paving heats the old pavement, after it has been removed and sized, to a temperature below its firing point and heats fresh aggregate to a greater temperature before combining the two and adding new ... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4159877 | Materials handling and application mechanism A self-contained mechanism for the preparation handling and application of liquified materials such as coating compounds, joint sealers, crack fillers, waterproofing compounds and the like, is provided with an especially configured materials tank having p... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4155654 | Apparatus for continuous preparation of sulfur asphalt binders and paving compositions Apparatus is disclosed for continuous preparation of a blend of liquid sulfur in fluid asphalt in specified proportions to provide a dispersion of fine sulfur droplets in the asphalt, particularly suitable for coating onto aggregate to form "hot mix" for ... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4067552 | Asphalt-aggregate recycle Recycled asphalt-aggregate compositions prepared by adding a suitable amount of make-up asphalt to pieces of the used composition and heating the mixture in a rotating cylindrical drum by tumbling the composition over heated pipes as it is gradually direc... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4066247 | Mixing apparatus In a heating and mixing apparatus having an elongated cavity and a plurality of heating tubes extending along the length of the cavity, the improvement comprises at least one supporting member for the tubes and lying across the cavity along a plane approx... | 01/03/1978 |
