Method of and apparatus for applying visual indication means to a surface
CA 2399379 A1 · Owner: Chiron, Paul Joseph · Inventors: Carnaby, Robert Alexander; Chiron, Paul Joseph; Yob, Colin William
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Dispensing apparatus (2) for dispensing reflective elements such as glass , beads (4), onto a surface typically a road surface, the apparatus (2) being attached to a vehicle. The glass beads (4) are placed in an inlet means (6) and directed along a path around a drive means (10) which drive means (10) , imparts a velocity to the glass beads for subsequent delivery onto the surface through an outlet means (20). The glass beads (4) exit the outlet means (20) at a velocity having substantially the same magnitude as the magnitude of velocity at which the vehicle travels and a direction substantially opposite to the direction of travel of the vehicle.
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- Filed February 9, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 9, 2021.
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