A MICROTRENCH FILL SEALANT DEVICE AND METHOD OF FILLING AND SEALING A MICROTRENCH CONTAINING AN OPTICAL FIBER AND/OR INNERDUCT/MICRODUCT USING THE DEVICE

1 . A microtrench fill sealant device comprising:

a spray wand configured to spray a hot patch fill sealant into a microtrench;

a tip insert configured to be inserted into the microtrench to guide the spray wand during filling of the microtrench; and

a hot patch box that surrounds the spray wand configured to contain overfill or spillage of the hot patch fill sealant, wherein the hot patch box is configured to be dragged over the microtrench so that the overfill or spillage of the hot patch fill sealant are deposited in the microtrench and/or spread in a thin layer over a surface of the roadway, and wherein the spray wand is mounted in the hot patch box so that during dragging of the hot patch box over the microtrench the tip insert is inserted within the microtrench.

2 . (canceled)

3 . The microtrench fill sealant device according to claim 1 , wherein the hot patch box comprises a roadway seal to seal the hot patch box against a roadway surface and reduce spillage of the hot patch fill sealant from the hot patch box.

4 . A method of sealing a microtrench in a roadway containing an optical fiber and/or innerduct/microduct comprising:

spraying a hot patch fill sealant into the microtrench containing the optical fiber and/or innerduct/microduct from a spray wand;

dragging a hot patch box over the microtench, the hot patch box surrounds the spray wand to contain overfill or spillage of the hot patch fill sealant, wherein the spray wand is mounted in the hot patch box; and

the hot patch box depositing the overfill or spillage of the hot patch fill sealant in the microtrench and/or spreading the overfill or spillage of the hot patch fill sealant in a thin layer over a surface of the roadway.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the spray wand further comprises a tip insert and the method further comprises inserting the tip insert into the microtrench to guide the spray wand during dragging of the hot patch box.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the hot patch box comprises a roadway seal to seal the hot patch box against a roadway surface and the method further comprises using the roadway seal to reduce spillage of the hot patch fill sealant from the hot patch box.

7 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the roadway is asphalt or concrete.

8 . The method according to claim 4 , further comprising wheels mounted on the hot patch box.

9 . The microtrench fill sealant device according to claim 1 , further comprising wheels mounted on the hot patch box.