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US 5,307,608 AGranted
Method and apparatus for packaging asphalt
AssigneePetro Source Refining Partners
InventorsRaun S. Muir, Charles S. Rogers
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for packaging asphalt, which includes liquid cooling means, such as a pool or water sprayer, and an elongated flat conveying surface, such as the surface of a conveyor belt, for transporting asphalt molds into said liquid cooling means after said asphalt molds have been lined with plastic and filled with hot asphalt.
Claims12
A method of packaging asphalt, comprising the steps of:
- filling a floatable mold with hot molten asphalt;
- transporting said mold along an elongated conveying surface toward a pool containing water, said mold being transported downward at an angle with respect to the surface of the water;
- floating said mold in said water;
- cooling said asphalt in said mold;
- and
- removing said mold from the water.
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A method of packaging asphalt, comprising the steps of:
- filling a mold with hot asphalt to provide a filled mold;
- transporting said filled mold along an elongated conveying surface toward a liquid cooling means;
- and
- contacting said mold with said liquid cooling means;
- wherein the mold is floatable and is removed from said cooling means after the asphalt has been cooled and hardened.
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A method of packaging asphalt, comprising the steps of:
- lining a mold with a packaging liner;
- filling said mold with hot asphalt to provide a filled mold;
- transporting said filled mold along an elongated conveying surface toward a pool of water;
- and
- contacting said mold with said water.
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An apparatus for packaging asphalt, comprising:
- a pool containing water;
- an asphalt dispenser for filling asphalt molds with molten asphalt above the surface of the water;
- and
- a conveyor system for transporting said filled asphalt molds for floatable contact with said water;
- said conveyor system comprising an elongated conveying surface which is slanted at an angle with respect to said water;
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.