Patent ID: 7150420

Claim:
A method for recycling asphalt, said method comprising the steps of: receiving asphalt material through a load hopper; delivering said asphalt material onto a conveyer belt; directing said asphalt material into a rotating drum via a chute; heating said asphalt material causing said asphalt material to soften and water to evaporate; tumbling said asphalt material using a material classifier ring until said asphalt material is generally granularized; mixing said asphalt material with a rejuvenating additive; manipulating said drum so said asphalt material can be maintained in said drum until said asphalt material is ready to be reused; removing said asphalt material from said drum wherein said material classifier ring prevents said asphalt material from passing said material classifier ring in said rotating drum until said asphalt material is smaller than a certain size and wherein said material classifier ring comprises a number of paddles with spaces between said paddles, said spaces determining the size of said asphalt material that is allowed to pass said material classifier ring.