US 12,421,673 B2
Mobile asphalt recycling apparatus and method of using
Angelo Benedetti, Brecksville, OH (US)
Filed by AMERICAN ASPHALT RECYCLING SOLUTIONS, INC., Brecksville, OH (US)
Filed on May 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/735,361.
Prior Publication US 2023/0357996 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. E01C 19/10 (2006.01)
CPC E01C 19/1036 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for paving a road surface comprising:
a) a housing on which are mounted:
i) a furnace and a fuel supply for said furnace;
ii) a mixing chamber configured to receive a paving material, mix said paving material and dispense said paving material onto said road surface;
b) said mixing chamber including:
i) a first subchamber and a second subchamber;
ii) said subchambers being adjacent one another;
iii) said subchambers having first ends adjacent one another and second ends adjacent one another;
iv) a first opening interconnecting said first ends and a second opening interconnecting said second ends;
v) a first auger rotatably mounted within said first subchamber and a second auger rotatably mounted within said second subchamber;
vi) said augers having helical surfaces whereby when they are rotated, paving material is conveyed along a length of each auger;
c) said first auger being rotatable in a first direction and said second auger being rotatable in a second opposite direction;
d) said first auger having a first transfer paddle adjacent said first opening and said second auger having a second transfer paddle adjacent said second opening;
e) whereby when said augers are rotated to mix said paving material, said first auger rotates in a direction moving said paving material toward said first opening and said second auger moving said paving material toward said second opening, said first transfer paddle moving said paving material from said first subchamber, through said first opening and into said second subchamber, said second transfer paddle moving said paving material from said second subchamber through said second opening and into said first subchamber, whereby said paving material circulates between said first and second subchambers while said augers rotate and mix said paving material.