ASPHALT-KETTLE ATTACHMENT SAVES TIME

A DEVICE TO INJECT A STREAM OF ASPHALT INTO THE JOINT THAT FORMS BETWEEN A CONCRETE PAVEMENT AND ASPHALT-SURFACED SHOULDERS IS BRIEFLY DESCRIBED. IT CONSISTS OF A MOBILE ASPHALT KETTLE, WITH AN ATTACHED TRACTOR SEAT, ONTO WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED A FLEXIBLE RUBBER HOSE IWTH A VALVE AND A METAL CONTROL ARM. THE OPERATOR SITS ON THE TRACTOR SEAT BY THE ASPHALT KETTLE AND, WHILE THE UNIT IS TOWED SLOWLY BY A TRUCK ALONG THE SHOULDER, DIRECTS THE ASPHALT INTO THE JOINT. /RRL/

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol35, No7, P23, 2PHOT
• Publication Date: 1965-7

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Better Roads
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: James Informational Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0006-0208
  • Serial URL: http://www.betterroads.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt; Bitumen; Concrete pavements; Ejectors; Hoses; Joint fillers; Joints; Road shoulders
• Old TRIS Terms: Asphalt injection; Filling /joints/; Joint; Kettles
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219244
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 6 1970 12:00AM