Structure for the reinforcement of pavements
AssigneeNV Bekaert SA
InventorsHenk Cornelus, Peter Goemaere, Geert Braekevelt, Frederik Vervaecke
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Abstract
The invention relates to a structure for the reinforcement of pavements. The structure is provided at predetermined positions with interruptions or with weakened zones. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing such a structure and to a method of breaking up a pavement reinforced with such a structure.
Claims17
A structure for the reinforcement of pavements, wherein said structure comprises elongated elements, wherein said elongated elements comprise steel bars, steel wires or assemblies of grouped steel wires, said elongated elements being at predetermined positions along the length of said elongated elements provided with weakened zones to prevent said elongated elements from tangling around the drum of a milling machine, said weakened zones being created by heating or welding, wherein said elongated elements provided with weakened zones break at said weakened zones when bent over a pulley having a diameter of 5 cm or lower.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.