Contrast road marking apparatus
AssigneeFortson-Peek Company, Inc.
InventorMark S. Bjorklund
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for a contrast road marking apparatus that can apply contrasting thermoplastic markings to a roadway in a single pass. The contrast road marking apparatus includes two or more ribbon guns configured to apply a first thermoplastic marking to a roadway location and a second thermoplastic marking, which comprises a color that contrasts with a color of the first thermoplastic marking, to another roadway location. The resulting contrast road marking has no visible or substantially negligible overlap or gap between the individual thermoplastic markings.
Claims20
An apparatus for applying thermoplastic markings to a roadway, comprising:
- a first ribbon gun configured to apply a first thermoplastic marking;
- a second ribbon gun configured to apply a second thermoplastic marking, the first thermoplastic marking having a color that contrasts with a color of the second thermoplastic marking;
- means for orienting the first ribbon gun so that the first thermoplastic marking is applied onto the roadway at a first roadway location;
- means for orienting the second ribbon gun so that the second thermoplastic marking is applied onto the roadway at a second roadway location, wherein the second roadway location is beside the first roadway location;
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- means for moving the apparatus along the roadway.
An apparatus for applying thermoplastic markings to a roadway, comprising:
- a plurality of wheels configured to move the apparatus along the roadway;
- a first ribbon gun for applying a first thermoplastic marking, wherein the first ribbon gun is configured to apply the first thermoplastic marking at a first roadway location;
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- a second ribbon gun for applying a second thermoplastic marking, wherein the second ribbon gun is aligned behind the first ribbon gun and configured to apply the second thermoplastic marking at second and third roadway locations, the second and third roadway locations being beside the first roadway location, the third roadway location being on a side of the first roadway location opposite the second roadway location.
A method for applying thermoplastic markings to a roadway, comprising:
- aligning a second ribbon gun behind a first ribbon gun at a predefined distance;
- moving the first and second ribbon guns along a roadway;
- applying, by the first ribbon gun, a first thermoplastic marking to a first roadway location;
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- applying, by the second ribbon gun, a second thermoplastic marking to a second roadway location, wherein the second roadway location is beside the first roadway location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.