HEATED SCREED RAKING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RAKING ASPHALT ON A PAVING SURFACE

1 . A hand-held screed rake comprising:

a screed head having a paving surface; and

a heating element coupled to the screed head and configured to heat the paving surface.

2 . The hand-held screed rake of claim 1 , wherein the heating element is a first heating element, and the hand-held screed rake further comprises:

a dozer plate angled relative to the paving surface; and

a second heating element coupled to and configured to heat the dozer plate.

3 . The hand-held screed rake of claim 2 , further comprising a back plate coupled to the paving surface and the dozer plate, the back plate, the paving surface, and the dozer plate defining a cavity therebetween, and wherein the first and second heating elements are within the cavity.

4 . The hand-held screed rake of claim 1 , wherein the heating element is an electrical heating strip, heating pad, a tubular heating element, or a silicone heating element.

5 . The hand-held screed rake of claim 1 , further comprising a handle removably coupled to the screed head

6 . The hand-held screed rake of claim 5 , wherein the handle includes a rechargeable battery coupled to the heating element.

7 . The hand-held screed rake of claim 6 , wherein the handle further includes heater controls configured to control a temperature of the heating element.

8 . The hand-held screed rake of claim 6 , wherein the heating controls are configured to maintain a temperature of the heating element using the battery.

9 . The hand-held screed rake of claim 6 , wherein the heating controls are configured to heat the heating element from an ambient temperature to a temperature configured to prevent paving material from sticking to the screed head using power from a power supply.

10 . The hand-held screed rake of claim 9 , wherein the heating controls are configured to maintain a temperature of the heating element using the battery.

11 . The hand-held screed rake of claim 6 , wherein the heating controls are configured to heat the heating element from an ambient temperature between the ambient temperature and a temperature configured to prevent paving material from sticking to the screed head using power from a power source in a building or a vehicle.

12 . The hand-held screed rake of claim 1 , wherein the paving surface comprises a shoe plate and a rake shoe removably coupled to the shoe plate.

13 . The hand-held screed rake of claim 1 , wherein the paving surface comprises a textured pattern.

14 . The hand-held screed rake of claim 12 , wherein the textured pattern comprises a waveform pattern, an arcuate pattern, a v-shaped pattern, or a block-shaped pattern.

15 . A method for paving a surface to be paved with a hand-held screed rake comprising:

actuating heating controls to command one or more heating elements coupled to a head of the hand-held screed rake to provide heat to the head of the hand-held screed rake;

contacting paving material with the head of the hand-held screed rake; and

spreading, with the head of the hand-held screed rake, the paving material along surface to be paved.