Stabilizing and controlling dust from a primitive road
AssigneeIdaho Asphalt Supply, Inc.
InventorsDouglas Ray OLSEN, Huachun ZHAI
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Abstract
A method of processing a primitive road is disclosed. The method may include towing a groomer, directing a primary material from the groomer onto a surface of the primitive road, and disrupting the surface of the primitive road to loosen road material with at least a first processing tool onboard the groomer. The method may also include mixing the road material with the primary material using the at least a first processing tool, compacting the mixed road material and primary material with a second processing tool onboard the groomer, and directing a sealing material from the groomer onto a compacted surface of the primitive road.
Claims20
A method of processing a primitive road, comprising:
- towing a groomer;
- directing a primary material from the groomer onto a surface of the primitive road;
- disrupting the surface of the primitive road to loosen road material with at least a first processing tool onboard the groomer;
- mixing the road material with the primary material using the at least a first processing tool;
- compacting the mixed road material and primary material with a second processing tool onboard the groomer;
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- directing a sealing material from the groomer onto a compacted surface of the primitive road.
A method of processing a primitive road, comprising:
- towing a groomer;
- directing a primary material including an emulsion of soft asphalt, acrylic, latex or biochemical from the groomer onto a surface of the primitive road;
- disrupting the surface of the primitive road to loosen road material with at least a first processing tool onboard the groomer;
- mixing the road material with the primary material using the at least a first processing tool;
- compacting the mixed road material and primary material with a second processing tool onboard the groomer;
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- directing a sealing material including an emulsion of asphalt that is harder than the emulsion of the primary material from the groomer onto a compacted surface of the primitive road.
A road processing machine, comprising:
- a frame having a leading end and a trailing end, relative to a travel direction of the road processing machine;
- a first spray bar located at one of the leading end or the trailing end and being configured to distribute a primary material onto a road over which the road processing machine is traveling;
- at least one of a second spray bar or a broadcast spreader located at one of the leading end or the trailing end opposite the first spray bar, the at least one of the second spray bar or the broadcast spreader being configured to distribute a sealing material onto the road;
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- at least one processing tool located between the leading and trailing ends of the frame and being configured to process a material of the road.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.