Asphaltic sheet materials including expandable graphite

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11065841-B2
Application number	US-201715499597-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2017
Priority date	Jul 12, 2012
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

A method for producing an asphaltic sheet, the method comprising of providing an asphaltic sheet; and applying expandable graphite particles to the asphaltic sheet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for producing an asphaltic composite, the method comprising:
(i) providing an asphaltic sheet by saturating a fabric with a molten asphaltic composition to thereby form the asphaltic sheet, where the asphaltic sheet has first and second opposed planar surfaces;
(ii) dropping a material consisting of solid particulates onto the first planar surface of the asphaltic sheet, where the solid particulates include expandable graphite particles characterized by an onset temperature of at least 160° C., where said step of dropping takes place while the asphaltic composition is in a molten or semi-molten state so that the expandable graphite particles at least partially embed in to the asphaltic composition and the asphaltic composition serves to hold at least some of the expandable graphite particles to the first planar surface of the asphaltic sheet;
(iii) laminating a polymeric film to the first planar surface of the asphaltic sheet to thereby sandwich the expandable graphite between the first planar surface of the asphaltic sheet and the polymeric film; and
(iv) removably securing a release member to the second planar surface of the asphaltic sheet.

2. The method of claim 1 , where said dropping occurs at a rate and amount to create at least a partial layer of expandable graphite particles adjacent to the asphalt of the coated asphalt sheet.

3. The method of claim 1 , where said step of dropping takes place while the asphalt composition is at a temperature of at least 85° C.

4. The method of claim 3 , where the expandable graphite is characterized by an onset temperature of at least 180° C.

5. The method of claim 1 , where said step of dropping creates a concentration gradient of expandable graphite where the concentration of the expandable graphite decreases from a first surface to a lower region within the asphaltic sheet.

6. The method of claim 1 , where the expandable graphite has a mean particle size of from about 30 μm to about 1.5 mm.

7. A method for producing an asphaltic composite, the method comprising:
(i) providing an asphaltic sheet by saturating an fabric with a molten asphalt composition to thereby form the asphaltic sheet, where the asphaltic sheet has first and second opposed planar surfaces;
(ii) dropping solid particulates onto the first planar surface of the asphaltic sheet to thereby form an asphaltic composite having a plurality of expandable graphite on a planar surface thereof, where said dropping occurs at a rate and amount to create layer of expandable graphite particles on said first planar surface of the asphaltic sheet, where the solid particulates include expandable graphite particles characterized by an onset temperature of at least 160° C., where said step of dropping takes place while the asphalt composition is at or above 85° C.;
(iii) calendering the asphaltic composite;
(iv) laminating a polymeric film to the layer of expandable graphite; and
(v) removably securing a release member to the second planar surface of the asphalt sheet.

Assignees

• Firestone Building Prod Co Llc

Inventors

• Zhou Wensheng
• Kirk Donald
• Young James
• Anderson Robert
• Standeford Joseph
• Black Lance

Classifications

• E04D5/00

  Roof covering by making use of flexible material, e.g. supplied in roll form (using stiff sheets E04D3/00; gravelling of flat roofs E04D7/00 {; granulated roof covering E04D7/005}; built-up roofs E04D11/02) · CPC title

• C09K21/00

  Fireproofing materials (for use in a particular application, see the relevant places, e.g. fireproofing of wood B27K, of polymers C08, of textiles D06M, of paper D21H; fireproof paints C09D5/18) · CPC title

• C08L95/00

  Compositions of bituminous materials, e.g. asphalt, tar, pitch · CPC title

• B32B11/12

  next to a particulate layer · CPC title

• B32B11/04 Primary

  comprising such {bituminous or tarry} substance as the main or only constituent of a layer, {which is} next to another layer of {the same or of} a {different material (next to a glass layer B32B17/06)} · CPC title