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US 8,882,386 B2Granted
Mechanized asphalt comb
OwnerMichael Reesinventor
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Abstract
A mechanized asphalt comb device and method of mechanized asphalt raking that can integrate infrared heating elements to seamlessly repair asphalt deterioration.
Claims19
A mechanized asphalt comb, the comb comprising:
- a rake attachment, said rake attachment being comprised of a rake spine and a plurality of teeth distributed along said rake spine in a downward orientation;
- an arm, said arm being comprised of two opposing terminating ends, said rake attachment being attached to one of said opposing terminating ends;
- and
- an infrared heating panel, the infrared heating panel being mounted to said arm;
- wherein the asphalt comb is attached to an engineering vehicle via the terminating end of the arm opposite the rake attachment such that the engineering vehicle can control and manipulate the asphalt comb into a raised inactive position, a lowered active position, and a plurality of positions between the raised inactive position and the lowered active position;
- and
- wherein, when in the lowered active position, the asphalt comb applies a fixed downward pressure and depth of penetration to a surface.
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A mechanized method for removing and applying asphalt during an asphalt repair, the method comprising:
- obtaining a mechanized asphalt comb attached to an engineering vehicle, the asphalt comb comprising:
- a rake attachment, the rake attachment being comprised of a rake spine and a plurality of teeth distributed along the rake spine in a downward orientation;
- an arm, the arm being comprised of two opposing terminating ends, the rake attachment being attached to one of the arm's terminating ends;
- and
- an infrared heating panel, the infrared heating panel being mounted to said arm;
- wherein the asphalt comb is attached to an engineering vehicle via the terminating end of the arm opposite the rake attachment such that the engineering vehicle can control and manipulate the asphalt comb into a raised position, a lowered position, and a plurality of positions between the raised position and the lowered position;
- and
- wherein, when in the lowered position, the asphalt comb applies a fixed downward pressure and depth of penetration to a surface;
- moving the engineering vehicle to an asphalt repair site;
- positioning the asphalt comb in the raised position;
- utilizing the infrared heating panel to heat asphalt in said asphalt repair site;
- positioning the asphalt comb in a lowered position;
- and
- scarifying said asphalt in said asphalt repair site while the asphalt comb is in the lowered position.
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An engineering vehicle, the vehicle comprising:
- a mechanized asphalt comb, the comb comprising:
- a rake attachment, said rake attachment being comprised of a rake spine and a plurality of teeth distributed along said rake spine in a downward orientation;
- an arm, said arm being comprised of two opposing terminating ends, said rake attachment being attached to one of said opposing terminating ends;
- and
- an infrared heating panel, the infrared heating panel being mounted to said arm;
- wherein the asphalt comb is attached to said engineering vehicle via the terminating end of the arm opposite the rake attachment such that said engineering vehicle can control and manipulate the asphalt comb into a raised position, a lowered position, and a plurality of positions between the raised position and the lowered position;
- wherein, when in the lowered active position, the asphalt comb applies a fixed downward pressure and depth of penetration to a surface;
- and
- wherein said infrared heating panel can heat a patch of asphalt in an asphalt repair site.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.