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US 2026/0184860 A1Published application
Elastic component of pavement structure made from aged rubber particles
AssigneesPolytex Sportbelage Produktions-GmbH, FormaTurf GmbH
InventorsStephan SICK, Dario GROCHLA, Thorsten VAN DEN BERG, Frank LUCARELLI, Sven HAMANN
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an elastic component (404) of a sports floor (400, 500, 600). The component comprises: aged rubber particles (204); and a PU matrix (302) that comprises the rubber particles, the PU matrix being the reaction product of a PU-rubber reaction mixture (300) comprising the aged rubber particles, a PU binder composition (206) and a plasticizer (210).
Claims15
A method of manufacturing an elastic component of a sports floor, the method comprising:
- mixing aged rubber particles with a PU binder composition and a plasticizer to provide a PU-rubber reaction mixture;
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- allowing the PU-rubber reaction mixture to cure to provide the elastic component.
An elastic component of a sports floor, the component comprising:
- aged rubber particles;
- and
- a PU matrix that comprises the rubber particles, the PU matrix having been formed by a PU-rubber reaction mixture comprising the aged rubber particles, a PU binder composition and a plasticizer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.