ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,204, issued on May 5.
"Asphalt paving device" was invented by Thomas V. Roden (Port Washington, Wis.) and Sid R. Prom (Cedarburg, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention disclosed herein pertains to a device for repaving an existing asphalt surface, specifically a road surface. The device enables continuous uninterrupted excavation and removal of old road paving material. Said device further extracts the excavated material for milling into smaller evenly sized aggregate material that is sorted through by size, retreated under heated conditions with the addition of hot oil, and further homogenized for even size, density, and s...