Binder/aggregate/container systems

• US 20040033383A1
• Filed: 08/19/2003
• Published: 02/19/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Crafco Incorporated (Ergon Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Robert K. Zentner
• Inventors: Zentner, Robert K.
• Granted Patent: US 6,966,723 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/543
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 11/005 Methods or materials for repairing pavings E01C7/35 takes precedence; for concrete coverings E01C7/147; for bituminous coverings E01C7/187; devices for repair works E01C23/06; repairing bridge floorings E01D22/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/8305 Miscellaneous [e.g., treated surfaces, etc.]

Abstract

A road repair kit and/or bridge joint repair kit is comprised of an outer container, a measured amount of binder material and a separate and distinct measured amount of aggregate material. In one preferred embodiment of this invention, the binder material is in a first consumable container (meltable bag) and the aggregate material is, likewise, in a second consumable container (meltable bag) inside the first consumable container. In another preferred embodiment, both the binder and the aggregate are contained in the same consumable container (meltable bag).

Claims

1. A road surface repair kit comprising:

(1) a premeasured amount of a binder component that is housed within an outside container,

(2) a premeasured amount of an aggregate component that is housed within the same outside container,

(3) an outside container that houses both the binder component and the aggregate component.

2. The road surface repair kit of claim 1 wherein the aggregate component is at least partially embedded in the binder component.

3. The road surface repair kit of claim 1 wherein an inner container contains a premeasured amount of the binder material and a premeasured amount of the aggregate material.

4. The road surface repair kit of claim 1 wherein the outer container is made of a meltable polymeric material.

5. The road surface repair kit of claim 1 further comprising an inner container that contains a premeasured amount of the binder material and a premeasured amount of the aggregate material in a substantially unmixed state such that at least 60% of the binder material is not mixed with the aggregate material and wherein the inner container is made of a meltable polymeric material.

6. A bridge joint repair kit comprising:

(1) a premeasured amount of binder component that is housed within an outside container,

(2) a premeasured amount of an aggregate component that is housed within the same outside container,

(3) an outside container that houses both the binder component and the aggregate component.

7. The bridge joint repair kit of claim 6 wherein the aggregate component is at least partially embedded in the binder component.

8. The bridge joint repair kit of claim 6 wherein an inner container contains a premeasured amount of the binder material and a premeasured amount of the aggregate material.

9. The bridge joint repair kit of claim 6 wherein the outer container is made of a meltable polymeric material.

10. The bridge joint repair kit of claim 6 further comprising an inner container that contains a premeasured amount of the binder material and a premeasured amount of the aggregate material in a substantially unmixed state such that at least 60% of the binder material is not mixed with the aggregate material and wherein the inner container is made of a meltable polymeric material.

11. A road surface repair kit comprising:

(1) a premeasured amount of an aggregate component;

(2) a premeasured amount of a binder component that was heated to a fluid state, poured over the aggregate component and allowed to solidify;

(3) a meltable polymeric inner container that contains the aggregate component and the binder component; and

(4) an outside container that contains the meltable polymeric inner container.

12. The road surface repair kit of claim 11 wherein the meltable polymeric inner container is a bag.

13. The road surface repair kit of claim 11 wherein the outside container is a meltable polymeric material.

14. A bridge joint repair kit comprising:

(1) a premeasured amount of an aggregate component;

(2) a premeasured amount of a binder component that was heated to a fluid state, poured over the aggregate component and allowed to solidify;

(3) a meltable polymeric inner container that contains the aggregate component and the binder component; and

(4) an outside container that contains the meltable polymeric inner container.

15. The bridge joint repair kit of claim 14 wherein the meltable polymeric inner container is a bag.

16. The bridge joint repair kit of claim 14 wherein the outside container is a meltable polymeric material.