Tool for forming a cavity in a modular pavement slab and method of fabricating pavement slabs
US11833712B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 26, 2021 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29L2031/10
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A modular pavement slab including a paving material set around a plurality of forming tools and defining a side face and a top surface. Each of the forming tools includes an elongate body extending along a longitudinal axis and having a sidewall exterior surface configured for removal of the elongate body through the side face. Each of the forming tools also includes a riser releasably coupled to the elongate body and extending in a direction noncollinear to the corresponding longitudinal axis.
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