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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8138242 | Processing bituminous mixtures for paving at reduced temperatures Bituminous paving mixtures containing lubricating agents or additives may be prepared at hot mix temperatures and cooled, paved and compacted at temperatures 10-55 Celsius degrees lower than the hot mix temperatures. The increased temperature range between the hot m... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7402619 | Cross-linking compositions for polymer-modified asphalt compositions The present invention relates to a bituminous composition comprising a bituminous component, an elastomeric polymer component, and a specific cross-linking composition component comprising elemental sulfur, a sulfur-containing derivative, a sulfur activator, a fatty... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7357890 | Apparatus and method for extruding a multilayered structure An apparatus and method for extruding a multilayered article employs a shearing rod connected to the end of an extruder screw. The shearing rod is rotated along with the extruder screw and shears the polymer materials being advanced along an annular space between th... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7323503 | Process for producing ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin, process for producing pellets and resin pellets A process for producing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin, including feeding EVOH into an extruder, keeping the temperature of the melting resin in the extruder at 70 to 170° C., adjusting the amount of water in the extruder so that the water content right ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7275890 | Cold in-place recycling of bituminous material A method of reconstructing a road is provided. This method includes taking representative cores of the road, analyzing the cores, selecting a substantially solvent-free emulsion based on climate history, mixing the emulsion and reclaimed asphalt pavement particles t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7266890 | Method for producing a heat exchanger A heat exchanger for a refrigerating appliance includes a plate, a conduit tubing, which is placed in thermo-conductive contact with the plate and is provided for transporting a coolant, and a holding material layer that adheres to the plate and to the conduit tubin... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7241818 | Filler comprising fly ash for use in composites The present invention is a fly ash filler or filler blend having a particle size distribution with at least three modes that can be combined with a polymer or bitumen at higher filler loadings to produce a filled polymer or bitumen for composites that, in many cases... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241821 | Polymer-modified, vulcanized asphalt composition and its method of preparation A method is provided for improving high temperature performance grade properties of polymer-modified, vulcanized asphalt by treating an asphalt cement under mild oxidizing conditions sufficient to provide a change in viscosity per hour as measured at 140° C. of les... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7202290 | Modified asphalt compositions A modified asphalt composition is provided comprising at least one plastomer, at least one elastomer, at least one crosslinking agent and asphalt. More specifically, a modified asphalt composition is provided comprising an oxidized polyethylene, a styrene-butadiene-... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7186765 | Method for preparation of stable bitumen polymer compositions The present invention provides a method for preparing an asphalt and thermoplastic elastomer composition. The process comprises heating an asphalt cut in a stirred tank to a temperature sufficient to allow the stirring of the asphalt in the tank. A thermoplastic ela... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182989 | Flooring system and method A flooring system for use in a residential environment. The flooring system includes a subfloor adapted to support the mass of a user and modular surface covering elements for disposition in edge to edge covering arrangement across at least a portion of the subfloor... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7160935 | Tubular reactor ethylene/alkyl acrylate copolymer as polymeric modifiers for asphalt Polymeric modified asphalt for road paving applications wherein the polymer modifier is a tubular reactor produced ethylene/alkyl acrylate copolymer (e.g., EMA) optionally blended with an epoxy functionalized ethylene copolymer (e.g., EnBAGMA) and added to the aspha... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157508 | Polymer-linked asphalt compositions Disclosed are a thermoplastic polymer-linked-asphalt composition and a process for making a thermoplastic polymer-linked-asphalt. More particularly, the present invention relates to the reaction and resultant linking of a combination of epoxide-containing polymers a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7097759 | Carbonyl, thiocarbonyl or imine containing compounds as asphaltene dispersants in crude oil A method for dispersing asphaltenes in a petroleum product by adding to the petroleum product 0.001% to 20% of at least one compound having formula (V) wherein R14 is C15–C21 al... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096642 | Adhesive-free carpet tiles and methods of installing adhesive-free carpet tiles Cushion backed carpet tiles and carpet tile installations which can be installed without adhesives are described. The carpet tiles are manufactured according to rigid specifications in order that no corner of any of the individual tiles is 1/16″ or greater off the... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091282 | Composition containing ethylene/propylene/diene copolymer and polyalkylene/olefin copolymer A composition suitable for forming a sidewall for a tire includes a rubber composition which includes at least one rubber, an ethylene/propylene/diene terpolymer, and a polyalkylene copolymer. The rubber may include one or more natural or synthetic rubbers, such as ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081492 | Ambient temperature anhydrous liquid cross-linking agent An air hydrous cross-linking compound which is liquid at ambient temperature. The cross-linking compound includes at least one element chosen from Group VI-A of the periodic table of elements and a natural or synthetic polymer. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7060743 | Bitumen composition The present invention provides a bitumen composition including: —(i) from 0.1 to 25% wt of an elastomer, (ii) from 0.1 to 40% wt of a solvent, (iii) from 30 to 99% wt of a bitumen, (iv) from 0.1 to 30% wt of a lithium salt of a C10–C40 fatt... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7045570 | Liquid asphalt modifier The present invention relates to compositions and methods for providing an improved means of modifying asphalt with a polymer. More particularly, this invention provides a solvent system that permits addition of the polymer as a liquid that is preferred over solids ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041717 | Composition and method for surface protection A composition and a method for protection of constructions and structures from chemical action and destructive environmental effects. The main components of the composition are a polymerizing monomer, inert mineral filler, and chemical additives for improveme... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6971163 | Adhesive and encapsulating material with fluxing properties The attachment of an electrical component to an electrical termination on a component-carrying substrate by a solder bump technique of a thermally curable adhesive composition for encapsulating purposes is described which comprises a thermosetting polymer and a chem... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6949593 | Bituminous composition with improved ‘walk-on-ability’ and its use in roofing applications Disclosed is a bituminous composition that comprises a bituminous component (A), an elastomer component (B), preferably a block copolymer of a conjugated diene and a monovinylaromatic hydrocarbon, and an additive (C), wherein the additive is a compound of the genera... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6927245 | Dispersing agent and method for the delivery of cross-linking agent to polymer modified asphalt compositions The present invention provides a dispersing agent that facilitates the delivery of a cross-linking agent to polymer modified asphalt. The present invention further includes a composition comprising a liquid hydrocarbon, the dispersant and cross-linking agent, and me... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6872763 | Bitumen vulcanizing composition Provided is a vulcanizing agent for vulcanizing bitumen, which vulcanizing agent comprises a sulphur agent and a binder, wherein the vulcanizing agent is in the form of pellets. Further provided is a process for producing a surfacing composition, which process compr... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6818687 | Modified asphalt with carrier and activator material A polymer modified asphalt is characterized by the addition of a carrier material such as mineral oil. The carrier material is mixed with an activator material and then added to a hot mixture of polymer and asphalt. The activator assists the polymer material in link... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6759453 | Asphalt compositions The invention comprises polymers which have been functionalized so as to be able to chemically react with polyamines to form adducts containing at least one or more groups consisting of amino, amido, imino, imido, or imidazloyl. Furthermore, the invention teaches pr... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6743891 | Method for producing ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition The present invention provides a method for producing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition, said method comprising: a) introducing into an extruder an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin having a water content of at least 0.5 weight % and an addi... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6743838 | Expoxy functionalized ethylene copolymer asphalt reaction products The present invention relates to polyepoxy-polymer-linked-asphalt having enhanced properties made by reacting a glycidyl-functionalized ethylene copolymer with reactive asphalt, wherein the glycidyl-functionalized ethylene copolymer has a glycidyl-containing comonom... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6469075 | Method and preparation of stable bitumen polymer compositions The present invention provides a method for preparing an asphalt and thermoplastic elastomer composition. The process comprises heating an asphalt cut in a stirred tank to a temperature sufficient to allow the stirring of the asphalt in the tank. A thermo... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6429241 | Elastomer-modified bituminous compositions Polymer modified bituminous compositions which are stable against phase separation are provided at greater levels of incorporation of elastomeric polymer having a conjugated diene structure, such as styrene-butadiene rubbers, and/or cross-linking agent, s... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6414056 | Asphalt compositions and method for making (LAW617) The present invention relates to novel polymer modified asphalt polyphosphoric and superphosphoric acid treated binder compositions having enhanced high service temperature performance properties and the method of making them and to road paving asphalts c... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6407152 | Method for preparing asphalt and polymer compositions incorporating multi-component crosslinking agents A process for the preparation of an asphalt and polymer composition in which a minor amount of polymer component is subjected to a crosslinking. An asphalt base material is heated in a mixing chamber at a temperature sufficient to melt the asphalt and all... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6399680 | Acid-reacted polymer-modified asphalt compositions and preparation thereof An acid-reacted polymer-modified asphalt composition comprising (1) at least about 80 weight percent, based upon the composition, of an asphalt; (ii) about 0.2 to about 15 weight percent, based upon the composition, of a polymer containing available epoxy... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6384112 | Emulsified bituminous binder A bitumen emulsion comprising bituminous binder, emulsifier, and water. The bituminous binder comprises bitumen and an oxidised wax, and optionally one or more polymers. The incorporation of the oxidised wax into the bituminous binder provides modified bi... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6380284 | Method for continuous production of modified bituminous materials The invention concerns the continuous production of asphalts modified by the addition of polymers and reacted with sulfur. The binders produced by said methods can contain very high amounts of polymers, also combined with secondary materials such as: rubb... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6310122 | Stable bitumen polymer compositions The present invention provides a method for preparing an asphalt and thermoplastic elastomer composition. The process comprises heating an asphalt cut in a stirred tank to a temperature sufficient to allow the stirring of the asphalt in the tank. A thermo... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6180697 | Method for preparation of stable bitumen polymer compositions The present invention provides a method for preparing an asphalt and thermoplastic elastomer composition. The process comprises heating an asphalt cut in a stirred tank to a temperature sufficient to allow the stirring of the asphalt in the tank. A thermo... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6136898 | Unblown ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer treated asphalt and its method of preparation A method is provided for improving high temperature performance grade properties of unblown asphalt by i) heating an asphalt cement to 200° F. to 500° F. (93° C. to 260° C.), ii) adding 0.1 wt. % to 10 wt. % ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer based on ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6130276 | Method of reducing fumes from a vessel of molten asphalt In a method of melting asphalt in a vessel, the molten asphalt normally emitting fumes, 0.2 weight percent to 6 weight percent of a polymer is added to the asphalt to reduce the visual opacity of the fumes by at least 25% over the same asphalt without the... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6121375 | Gels formed by the interaction of poly(aldehyde) with various substances The present invention, which addresses the needs of the prior art, provides irreversible, hydrophilic gels which can be incorporated into dressing compositions, dermatologically compatible compositions, wound packings, wound dressings, burn dressings, dru... | 09/19/2000 |
