Integrated granule product
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsDuane M. Pinault, Ernest L. Thurber, Gregg D. Dahlke, Thomas E. Boettcher
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Abstract
An integrated granule product that includes a film having a plurality of ceramic coated granules bonded to the film by a cured adhesive. The integrated granule product is generally considered an intermediate product because it is suitable for application onto various substrates for end use applications such as roofing products and flooring products.
Claims20
An article comprising an integrated granule product bonded to a roofing material substrate, wherein said integrated granule product comprises a film having a plurality of ceramic coated granules, said ceramic coated granules comprising an inorganic base substrate in granular form having a coating which includes an amount of an alkali metal silicate binder sufficient to bind the coating to the inorganic granule, bonded to said film with a cured adhesive, the film bonded to the roofing material substrate.
An article comprising an integrated granule product bonded to an asphalt-based substrate, wherein integrated granule product comprises a film having a plurality of ceramic coated granules, said ceramic coated granules comprising an inorganic base substrate in granular form having a coating which includes an amount of an alkali metal silicate binder sufficient to bind the coating to the inorganic granule, bonded to said film with a cured adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.