IP Library Granted Patent US 12692669
Granted Patent B2
US 12692669 · App. 17/995,142 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Method for constructing a base course and a mixture used therefor

Inventors: Koki Banba (Tochigi, JP); Tomio Hiraoka (Tochigi, JP); Hiroyuki Iitaka (Tochigi, JP); Takahiro Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NICHIREKI GROUP CO. LTD.
E01C7/26C04B14/04C04B28/04C04B40/0032E01C19/463C04B2111/0075
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12692669
App. No.
17/995,142
Filed
Sep 30, 2022
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1732
USPC
106/277
Abstract

A method is provided for constructing a base course without rolling compaction, in which a compacting step by rolling compaction and further adjustment of the water content of the mixture to the optimum water content are not necessary, and to provide a mixture for base course, which enables the said method. The method includes a obtaining a mixture by mixing an aggregate, an asphalt emulsion, and a cement, wherein the mixture is in a high-water-content state in which a water content of the mixture is above an optimum water content of the aggregate, and spreading the mixture.

Claims (15)

1 . A method for constructing a base course without rolling compaction, which comprises:

a step of obtaining a mixture by mixing an aggregate, an asphalt emulsion, and a cement, wherein the mixture is in a high-water-content state in which a water content of the mixture is above an optimum water content of the aggregate, and

a step of spreading the mixture;

wherein the method does not comprise a step of rolling compaction.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the asphalt emulsion and the cement are mixed with the aggregate such that the sum of the mass of a residue on evaporation of the asphalt emulsion and the mass of the cement is 10% by mass or more of the total dry solid content of the mixture in said step of obtaining the mixture.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the asphalt emulsion and the cement are mixed with the aggregate such that a ratio of the mass of a residue on evaporation of the asphalt emulsion relative to the mass of the cement is in the range of 0.7 or more and 1.2 or less in said step of obtaining the mixture.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a fiber material is further mixed in said step of obtaining the mixture.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said step of obtaining the mixture is conducted in a plant mixing method.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises a step of obtaining the aggregate by excavating an existing pavement to the depth extending to at least a part of a base course of the existing pavement and by crushing the excavated product;

and wherein said step of obtaining the aggregate and said step of obtaining the mixture are conducted together at a spot where the base course is to be constructed.

7 . A mixture for a base course, comprising an aggregate, an asphalt emulsion, and a cement, wherein the mixture is in a high-water-content state in which a water content of the mixture is above an optimum water content of the aggregate.

8 . The mixture according to claim 7 , which comprises the asphalt emulsion and the cement in such an amount that the sum of the mass of a residue on evaporation of the asphalt emulsion and the mass of the cement is 10% by mass or more of the total dry solid content of the mixture.

9 . The mixture according to claim 7 , which comprises the asphalt emulsion and the cement in such a ratio that a ratio of the mass of a residue on evaporation of the asphalt emulsion relative to the mass of the cement is in the range of 0.7 or more and 1.2 or less.

10 . The mixture according to claim 7 , which further comprises a fiber material.

11 . The mixture according to claim 7 , wherein a part or the whole of the aggregate is a crushed base course of an existing pavement.