VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ERZEUGUNG VON SIGNAL- BZW. MARKIERSTREIFEN AUF STRASSENOBERFLAECHEN, INSBESONDERE UNTER SCHLECHTWETTERBEDINGUNGEN

• Main Author: EIGENMANN,LUDWIG,DR
• Format: Patent
• Language: German
• Published: 20.07.1978
• Subjects: ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTIONOF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, ORTHE LIKE; CLEANING BEACHES; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES; CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, ORTHE LIKE; DISPERSING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FOG IN GENERAL; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR; STREET CLEANING

A method for forming a traffic regulating line or like sign on a roadway pavement even if the surface pavement is very wet and generally during very unfavorable weather, the method comprising maintaining the surface area on which the sign is to be formed and the means for forming it into a confined environment sheltered from the weather, and includes the sequential steps of washing said area, drying it and locally heating the pavement up to a temperature near to that at which a primer layer composition essentially melts where contacted to said surface, and then applying on said surface an at least predominantly thermoplastic primer layer and a sign forming tape material bonded thereabove. There is also described a machine designed to be driven along said road pavement and including means designed for performing the said sequential steps in said sheltered environment.