# US 2021/0246616 A1 · Glass fiber for road reinforcement > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0246616 A1 - Document ID: US20210246616A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/973,931 - Filed: 2019-07-01 - Published: 2021-08-12 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-09 - Assignees: OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC - Applicants: OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC - Inventors: Luc Brandt; Patrick Moireau; Pauline Gachet Guillot; Patrick Didierjean - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210246616A1 ## CPC - E01C 11/005: {Methods or materials for repairing pavings (E01C7/35 takes precedence; for concrete coverings E01C7/147; for bituminous coverings E01C7/187; devices for repair works E01C23/06; repairing bridge floorings E01D22/00)} - B29C 48/05: Filamentary, e.g. strands - B29C 48/30: Extrusion nozzles or dies (extrusion characterised by the shape or cross-section of the extruded article B29C48/03) - E01C 7/187: {Repairing bituminous covers, e.g. regeneration of the covering material in situ, application of a new bituminous topping (application of thin surface layers with other binders E01C7/35; repairing pavings in general E01C11/005)} - E01C 19/205: {the material being spread by means of a gaseous current} - E01C 19/21: for simultaneously but separately applying liquid material and granular or pulverulent material, e.g. bitumen and grit, with or without spreading {(with rolling E01C19/4813); for filling grooves and gritting the filling} - E01C 23/04: Devices for laying {inserting or positioning} reinforcing elements or dowel bars {with or without joint bodies (installing or inserting joint bodies per se E01C23/023, E01C23/026)}; Removable supports for reinforcing {or load transfer} elements (non- removable supports therefor {E01C11/02} E01C11/16; side forms adapted to supporting reinforcement E01C19/50); Devices, e.g. removable forms, for making essentially horizontal ducts in paving, e.g. for prestressed reinforcements - 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) - 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) ## Abstract A device for producing and applying a fibrous reinforcement material, such as a texturized strand material, as well as systems for and methods of reinforcing a road using the fibrous reinforcement material, are disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: a body including a texturizing device having an input opening and an output opening; a nozzle interfaced with the output opening; an oscillator; and a screen, wherein the texturizing device is operable to convert a strand of fibrous material fed through the input opening into a texturized fibrous material upon exiting through the nozzle, wherein the oscillator is operable to rotate the nozzle such that the texturized fibrous material is deposited in a predetermined pattern, and wherein the screen is positioned to be in the path of the nozzle such that the texturized fibrous material impacts the screen. ### Claim at position 2 2-11. (canceled) ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body further comprises a handle for holding the apparatus. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body further comprises a mount for mounting the apparatus to an automated applicator. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the automated applicator is an industrial robot. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body further comprises a mount for mounting the apparatus to a vehicle. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the screen is fixed to the body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the screen has a plurality of perforations therein. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the screen is fixed to the nozzle and rotates with the nozzle. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the screen has a plurality of perforations therein. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input opening and the output opening are coaxial with one another about an axis x, and wherein the texturized fibrous material exits the nozzle at an angle θ relative to the axis x. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The apparatus of claim 20, wherein |θ|>15 degrees. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The apparatus of claim 20, wherein |θ|>30 degrees. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising first logic for controlling the oscillator. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the first logic causes the oscillator to rotate in at least one of a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the first logic controls a ratio of clockwise rotations of the nozzle to counterclockwise rotations of the nozzle. ### Claim 26 (depends on 23) The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the first logic varies a frequency at which the oscillator rotates the nozzle. ### Claim 27 (depends on 23) The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the first logic varies an amplitude at which the oscillator rotates the nozzle. ### Claim 28 (depends on 23) The apparatus of claim 23, further comprising second logic for controlling a rate at which the fibrous material travels through the texturizing device. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the second logic varies the rate to achieve the pattern. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The apparatus of claim 28, further comprising a source of compressed air for converting the strand of fibrous material to the texturized fibrous material; and third logic for controlling a pressure of the compressed air, wherein the third logic varies the pressure to achieve the pattern. ### Claim at position 22 31-55. (canceled)