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US 6,270,284 B1Granted
Pavement joint and joint making process
AssigneeTransTech Systems, Inc.
InventorRobert A. Sovik
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Abstract
A pavement joint and joint making process are provided. A pavement edger used to make the joint is capable of creating a stepped tapered ramp having a highly compacted step and a highly compacted upper portion of the tapered portion. The resulting ramp allows for safety during pavement laying work stoppage and creation of solid pavement joints.
Claims13
A process of forming a stepped tapered pavement joint comprising the steps of:
- laying a first pavement mat having an edge, and forming a highly compacted step on the edge of the first pavement mat and a highly compacted tapered portion extending away from a substantially vertical face of the step;
- laying a second pavement mat adjacent the first pavement mat such that an edge of the second pavement mat abuts the vertical face;
- and
- compacting the second pavement mat to form a joint.
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An asphalt joint comprising:
- a first asphalt section mating with a second asphalt section to form a substantially seamless joint with the second asphalt section, the second asphalt section including a first step and a ramp portion extending away from a lower portion of the first step, and wherein the first step and at least a section of the ramp portion are highly compacted prior to the first asphalt section mating with the second asphalt section.
An asphalt joint made by a process comprising the steps of:
- laying a first pavement mat having an edge, and forming a highly compacted step on the edge of the first pavement mat and a highly compacted tapered portion extending away from a substantially vertical face of the step;
- laying a second pavement mat adjacent the first pavement mat such that an edge of the second pavement mat abuts the vertical face;
- and
- compacting the second pavement mat to form a joint.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.