Methods of forming and applying mixtures

Claim 1

IN A METHOD OF FORMING A SLURRY MIXTURE, INTRODUCING RELATIVELY COARSE PARTICULATE SOLID AGGREGATE MATERIAL INTO A MIXING CONTAINER; SIMULTANEOUSLY INTRODUCING RELATIVELY FINE PARTICULATE MATERIAL HAVING A PARTICLE SIZE SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FINENESS MODULI RANGE 2.15-3.25 INTO SAID SONTAINER SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE ZONE OF INTRODUCTION OF SAID AGGREGATE MATERIAL; FEEDING SAID AGGREGATE MATERIAL AND SAID RELATIVELY FINE PARTICULATE MATERIAL ALONG A PATH EXTENDING THROUGH THE CONTAINER WHILE AGITATING AND MIXING SAID MATERIALS; INTRODUCING MOISTURE INTO SAID CONTAINER AND SAID MATERIALS THEREIN AS THE MATERIALS PROGRESS ALONG A FIRST PORTION OF THE PATH THROUGH THE CONTAINER; INTRODUCING EMULSIFIED ASPHALT INTO SAID MATERIALS IN THE REMAINING PORTION OF SAID PATH AT A ZONE ADJACENT SAID FIRST PORTION OF SAID PATH; AGITATING AND MIXING SAID MATERIALS, SAID MOISTURE AND SAID ASPHALT THROUGHOUT THE REMAINING PORTION OF SAID PATH; MAINTAINING SAID MATERIALS, SAID MOISTURE AND SAID EMULSIFIED ASPHALT IN SAID CONTAINER THROUGHOUT THEIR FEEDING ALONG SAID PATH; AND DISCHARGING THE SLURRY MIXTURE CONTAINING ALL OF THE INTRODUCED MATERIALS, MOISTURE AND EMULSIFIED ASPHALT AT THE END OF SAID PATH.