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US 2010/0135723 A1Published application
Multiple Comb Gates and Method of Applying Road Markings
OwnerRon Hicksinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for applying a snowplowable traffic stripe to a surface of a road comprising independent dual comb gates for permitting compounds to be released from a tractive box through a comb. The independent dual comb gates can be opened and closed independently at different intervals to form a successive elongated protuberances overlapping along the longitudinal direction.
Claims10
A tractive box for applying a traffic stripe to a surface, said tractive box comprising:
- a base, a front wall, a pair of side walls and a rear wall defining a composition well,
- slideably mounted to said rear wall are an at least two independent comb gates as to selectively occlude a comb disposed along said rear wall and proximate said base.
A method of producing a surface stripe comprising:
- Providing a tractive box with a base, a front wall, a pair of side walls and a rear wall defining a composition well,
- slideably mounting to said rear wall are an at least two independent comb gates as to selectively occlude a comb disposed along said rear wall and proximate said base,
- slideably mounting to said base is a base gate as to selectively occlude open said base permitting said composition well to be exposed to a surface to be striped,
- filling said composition well with a compound for use in striping,
- moving said tractive box linearly along a surface,
- opening said base gate to permit the release of said compound onto said surface.
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A method of producing a surface stripe comprising:
- Providing a tractive box with a base, a front wall, a pair of side walls and a rear wall defining a composition well,
- slideably mounting to said rear wall are an at least two independent comb gates as to selectively occlude a comb disposed along said rear wall and proximate said base,
- filling said composition well with a compound for use in striping,
- moving said tractive box linearly along a surface,
- opening said at least two independent comb gates to permit the release of said compound onto said surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.