Patents

US 9598824 B2: Apparatus and method for an asphaltic material control system

Granted
2017-03-21
Filed
2016-05-03 application 15145164
Type
Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract

A system for controlling the production of an asphalt mix. The preferred system comprises an asphaltic material source, an asphaltic material sensor, a liquid asphalt cement source, a liquid asphalt cement meter, and a controller. The asphaltic material sensor communicates the amount of asphaltic material liquid asphalt cement and the amount of asphaltic material moisture contained in the amount of asphaltic material to the controller, the liquid asphalt cement meter communicates the amount of liquid asphalt cement provided by the liquid asphalt cement source to the controller, and the controller controls the amount of asphaltic material provided by the asphaltic material source and the amount of the liquid asphalt cement provided by the liquid asphalt cement source. A method comprising controlling the amount of asphaltic material and the amount of liquid asphalt cement provided to the asphalt mix substantially continuously and substantially in real time.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg170321.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
ASTEC CO., Ltd. 27 patentsForeign company or organizationChattanooga, TNPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Malcolm L. SwansonChickamauga, GA20PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
E01CConstruction of, or surfaces for, roads, sports grounds, or the like; machines or auxiliary tools for construction or repairE01C19/1068PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2025-07-02Release of security interest
Release of security interest at reel/frame 062153/0169
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT signed 2025-07-01ASTEC, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN
ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN
ROADTEC, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN
TELSMITH, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN
CARLSON PAVING PRODUCTS, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN
KOLBERG-PIONEER, INC. YANKTON, SD
BREAKER TECHNOLOGY, INC. THORNBURY
POWER FLAME INCORPORATED PARSONS, KS
ASTEC MOBILE SCREENS, INC. STERLING, IL
JOHNSON CRUSHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. EUGENE, OR
GEFCO, INC. HIXSON, TN
71787/926PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2025-07-02Security interest Security interest
Security agreement
ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. signed 2025-07-01
ASTEC, INC. signed 2025-07-01
ASTEC MOBILE SCREENS, INC. signed 2025-07-01
BREAKER TECHNOLOGY, INC. signed 2025-07-01
CARLSON PAVING PRODUCTS, INC. signed 2025-07-01
JOHNSON CRUSHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2025-07-01
KOLBERG-PIONEER, INC. signed 2025-07-01
POWER FLAME INCORPORATED signed 2025-07-01
ROADTEC, INC. signed 2025-07-01
TELSMITH, INC. signed 2025-07-01
TERRASOURCE GLOBAL CORPORATION signed 2025-07-01
CMI/CSI LLC signed 2025-07-01
TABOR MACHINE COMPANY, LLC signed 2025-07-01
ELGIN POWER AND SEPARATION SOLUTIONS, LLC signed 2025-07-01
ELGIN SEPARATION SOLUTIONS INDUSTRIALS, LLC signed 2025-07-01
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT SAN ANTONIO, TX71787/859PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2022-12-19Security interest Security interest
Security interest
ASTEC, INC. signed 2022-12-19
ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. signed 2022-12-19
ROADTEC, INC. signed 2022-12-19
TELSMITH, INC. signed 2022-12-19
CARLSON PAVING PRODUCTS, INC. signed 2022-12-19
KOLBERG-PIONEER, INC. signed 2022-12-19
BREAKER TECHNOLOGY, INC. signed 2022-12-19
POWER FLAME INCORPORATED signed 2022-12-19
ASTEC MOBILE SCREENS, INC. signed 2022-12-19
JOHNSON CRUSHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2022-12-19
GEFCO, INC. signed 2022-12-19
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CHARLOTTE, NC62153/169PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2016-11-02Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
SWANSON, MALCOLM L. signed 2016-11-02ASTEC, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN40196/230ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

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