Method and Apparatus for Creating an Overlay to Reinforce and Repair Hard Surfaces
AssigneeCornerstone Construction Material, LLC
InventorJeff Sutton
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for distributing a liquid substance to a surface for purposes of creating an overlay to a repair or reinforce and enhance the physical properties of the surface. The invention may include a system having a pair of holding tanks for holding a resin and a hardener, a pair of fluid pumps, a manifold, a mixing chamber and an aggregate hopper. An overlay substance may be formed by the system by mixing the resin and hardener, and the substance may be dispensed through a linear distribution apparatus onto a surface in need of repair or improvement.
Claims20
A system for creating an overlay to reinforce or repair a surface, said system comprising:
- a first holding tank and a second holding tank, said first holding tank adapted to hold a resin and said second holding tank adapted to hold a hardener;
- a first pump and a second pump, said first holding tank in fluid communication with said first pump and said second holding tank in fluid communication with said second pump;
- a manifold having a first inlet and a second inlet, said first pump in fluid communication with said first inlet and said second pump in fluid communication with said second inlet, said first and second inlets in fluid communication with an outlet on said manifold;
- a mixing chamber in fluid communication with said outlet on said manifold, said mixing chamber adapted to combine said resin with said hardener into a mixed substance;
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- a distribution apparatus adapted to dispense said mixed substance onto the surface to be reinforced or repaired.
A method for creating an overlay to reinforce or repair a surface, said method comprising:
- putting a resin in a first holding tank and hardener in a second holding tank;
- pumping said resin and said hardener through a manifold such that said resin and said hardener are separate when entering said manifold and in contact with each other when leaving said manifold;
- mixing said resin and said hardener into a mixed substance after they have left said manifold;
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- dispensing through a distribution apparatus said mixed substance onto the surface to be reinforced or repaired, wherein said mixed substance is dispensed through a linear slot formed in said distribution apparatus.
An apparatus for dispensing a mixture to create an overlay to reinforce or repair a surface, said apparatus comprising:
- a shell having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein a cavity is formed within said shell, said upper portion being separable from said lower portion;
- an opening formed in said lower portion of said shell, said opening in fluid communication with said cavity;
- a stopper located in said cavity, said stopper selectively positionable in a raised position or a lowered position, wherein said stopper plugs said opening when in said lowered position;
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- a lifting post secured to a said stopper, said lifting post adapted to move said stopper into said raised position or said lowered position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.