US 12,227,455 B2
Building materials comprising agglomerated particles
Peter Wilson, Knoxville, MD (US)
Assigned to SPECIALTY GRANULES INVESTMENTS LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed by Specialty Granules Investments LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/387,882.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/423,540, filed on Nov. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0150239 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. C04B 18/02 (2006.01); C04B 14/14 (2006.01); C04B 41/50 (2006.01); C04B 103/40 (2006.01); C04B 111/00 (2006.01)
CPC C04B 18/021 (2013.01) [C04B 14/14 (2013.01); C04B 41/5024 (2013.01); C04B 2103/406 (2013.01); C04B 2111/00586 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
(a) obtaining (i) at least one of a rock, a mineral, or a combination thereof, and (ii) a binder composition that includes a wetting agent, wherein the wetting agent comprises from 0.05 wt % to 0.3 wt % with respect to a total weight of the binder composition;
(b) mixing (i) the at least one of a rock, a mineral, or a combination thereof and (ii) the binder composition to produce agglomerated particles; and
(c) applying the agglomerated particles to a sheet to form a roofing product.