Rapid road repair vehicle

Patent · Tue Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:20013811

Mara, L M

Disclosed are improvements to a rapid road repair vehicle comprising an improved cleaning device arrangement, two dispensing arrays for filling defects more rapidly and efficiently, an array of pre-heaters to heat the road way surface in order to help the repair material better bond to the repaired surface, a means for detecting, measuring, and computing the number, location and volume of each of the detected surface imperfection, and a computer means schema for controlling the operation of the plurality of vehicle subsystems. The improved vehicle is, therefore, better able to perform its intended function of filling surface imperfections while moving over those surfaces at near normal traffic speeds.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 20013811
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 7 Sep 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
ROADS
REPAIR
DESIGN
HEATING
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
VEHICLES
MODIFICATIONS