# US 10,308,809 B2 · Method for preparing coated binder units

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- Number: US 10,308,809 B2
- Document ID: US10308809B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/045,270
- Filed: 2018-07-25
- Published: 2018-11-15
- Granted: 2019-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2011-06-07
- Assignees: Shell Oil Company
- Applicants: Shell Oil Company
- Inventors: João Miguel De Amorim Novais Da Costa Nóbrega; José António Colaço Gomes Covas; Chantal Soubigou; Eurico Filipe Dias Pessoa; Bruno Henrigue Rodrigues Barros; Catherine Rodrigues
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308809B2

## CPC

- C08L 95/00: Compositions of bituminous materials, e.g. asphalt, tar, pitch
- B29C 48/09: Articles with cross-sections having partially or fully enclosed cavities, e.g. pipes or channels
- B29C 48/21: the layers being joined at their surfaces
- B32B 38/0004: {Cutting, tearing or severing, e.g. bursting; Cutter details (cutting in general B26D; laminating combined with punching or perforating B32B38/04; removing all or part of the layers B32B38/10; cutting in combination with laying up and registration B32B38/185 takes precedence)}
- E01C 7/18: of road-metal and bituminous binders {(for surface treatments except for penetration coverings, or for thin surface layers E01C7/353; bituminous mixtures C08L95/00)}
- B32B 37/0046: {characterised by constructional aspects of the apparatus}
- B32B 38/1866: {conforming the layers or laminate to a convex or concave profile}
- Y10T 156/1062: Prior to assembly
- Y10T 156/12: Surface bonding means and/or assembly means with cutting, punching, piercing, severing or tearing
- Y10T 156/1313: Cutting element simultaneously bonds [e.g., cut seaming]
- Y10T 156/1788: Work traversing type and/or means applying work to wall or static structure
- C08L: COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06)
- B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00)
- B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
- E01C: CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming roads or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A method and apparatus for preparing a plurality of coated binder units are disclosed. A coated binder is divided into a plurality of coated binder units by applying a pair of dividing elements to the coated binder and applying a welding element.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for preparing a plurality of coated binder units wherein each of the coated binder units comprises a core of a binder coated with a layer of coating material, the apparatus comprising:
a pair of dividing elements having a closed configuration and an open configuration, wherein the pair of dividing elements are configured to be applied to a coated binder unit and moved from the closed configuration to the open configuration, and wherein the pair of dividing elements are configured to remove the binder from a region of the coated binder unit such that two layers of coating material are adjacent to one another; and
a welding element that is configured to be applied to the region of the coated binder unit where the binder is removed by the pair of dividing elements and the two layers of coating material that are adjacent to one another, wherein the welding element is configured to weld and cut the two layers of coating material.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is mounted on a moveable belt.