Packaged asphalt containing fume-reducing additives and method of producing same

US6069194A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Owens-Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael R. Franzen · Bocholt, DE
• Donn R. Vermilion · Newark, US
• David C. Trumbore · Bourbonnais, US
• Richard T. Janicki · Benton, US
• Jeffrey W. Smith · Elkton, US
• Jay W. Keating · Tinley Park, US
• Jorge A. Marzari · Bolingbrook, US
• Thomas C. Bitsky · Oak Lawn, US
• Ron S. Bliss · Lockport, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 1997
• Grant date: May 30, 2000
• Expiry date: Dec 12, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08L95/00
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method and apparatus for packaging a low-fuming meltable asphalt composition which includes the introduction of pellets comprising one or more polymeric materials into molten asphalt flowed into a conventional container or carton.