Road repair systems
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Abstract
A range of various sized attachments of infrared heaters powered by liquid petroleum gas (LPG) for installation to a number of current styles of vehicles. These infrared heaters are designed to heat asphalt and other road and structure surfaces for subsequent repair. The vehicles may be an adaptation to existing designs of medium to heavy road going flat bed trucks or to various types of construction loaders. The attachments to construction loaders may be installed as adaptions to front end loader quick-change systems or back hoe bucket mount positions. The whole attachment and its support operating and control assembly may be easily removed for addition to other vehicles of similar types. With the area heated to an appropriate temperature to release the bound surface structure it can then be raked and combined with minimal amounts of new surface fill if required to the previously damaged area. A rejuvenating liquid is then sprayed onto the mix, prior to compaction to provide a fast, economic, quiet and more environmentally friendly means of road repair than traditional methodology.
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32 Claims
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- 21. Equipment for the repair of asphalt surfaces comprising a single vehicle road repair system with means for supplying infrared heat to the surface to be repaired, means for storing and supplying hot new asphalt, means for storing and supplying a rejuvenation liquid, and means for storage and supply of gas for heating.
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30. A process for repairing damaged asphalt in which the damaged area to be repaired is heated using one or more LPG powered infrared heaters to a depth of 10 mm to 100 mm from the surface wherein the average heating temperature is from 50 to 200°
- C., and the heating is for from 5 to 20 minutes, once heated, the damaged area is raked and/or scarified, the rejuvenating liquid comprising emulsified oils high in aromatics with high levels of polar compounds is then applied to the raked and/or scarified area, the surface is then compacted, optionally, wherein, precoated chippings are added on hot rolled asphalt and compacted into the surface to give road texture, and the surface is allowed to cool and harden for at least one hour.
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