Asphalt packages with consumable containers

US5992628A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Owens-Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Donn R. Vermilion · Newark, US
• John L. Buc · Des Plaines, US
• Jon Stuart Wright · San Marcos, US
• Jorge A. Marzari · Bolingbrook, US
• Jeremy Campbell · Newark, US
• Frederick H. Ponn · Granville, US
• Frank L. Burg · Portland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 1997
• Grant date: Nov 30, 1999
• Expiry date: Dec 12, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2585/00
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Asphalt is packaged in consumable containers (10) having breakage means, such as short notches or long channels (110, 111), to allow for easy breakage into smaller portions for ease of handling and feeding into kettles. The containers are advantageously made of an asphalt-polymer composition so that the entire asphalt package may be melted in a kettle, e.g., for use in a roofing or paving application. The containers may have various features to enhance processability and handleability, including a generally rectangular shape and multi-faceted or stepped sides 20 and/or walls 30 with handhold portions and/or scooped portions.