Reflective pellets (16) are formed by extrusion of reflective micro beads (26) in a thermoplastic (20), removal of the surface layer of the pellets so as to expose the reflective beads at the surface of the pellets and applying the reflective pellets to the base line (14) of the striping applied to
Reflective pellets (16) are formed by extrusion of reflective micro beads (26) in a thermoplastic (20), removal of the surface layer of the pellets so as to expose the reflective beads at the surface of the pellets and applying the reflective pellets to the base line (14) of the striping applied to a paved road.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A process of making reflective pellets for reflective marking of highways, comprising: forming a mixture of thermoplastic, a pigment and a plasticizer, heating the mixture to a molten state, progressively moving the heated mixture through a die to form a plastic extruda
The invention claimed is: 1. A process of making reflective pellets for reflective marking of highways, comprising: forming a mixture of thermoplastic, a pigment and a plasticizer, heating the mixture to a molten state, progressively moving the heated mixture through a die to form a plastic extrudate, as the heated mixture approaches the die progressively adding reflective beads to the mixture such that the plastic extrudate formed by the die includes a plurality of the reflective beads, immersing the plastic extrudate in a cooling liquid, while the plastic extrudate is immersed in the cooling liquid cutting the plastic extrudate into lengths approximately the same as the breadth of the plastic extrudate to form the plastic extrudate into pellets that contain a plurality of the reflective beads, cooling the pellets with the cooling liquid until the pellets become solid, immersing the solid pellets in a dissolving liquid that dissolves the plastic extrudate at the surface of the solid pellets, and agitating the pellets in the dissolving liquid for dissolving the exposed surfaces of the pellets and for exposing the reflective beads at the surfaces of the pellets. 2. The process of claim 1, wherein said dissolving liquid is selected from a group consisting essentially of glycol ether and isopropanol. 3. The process of claim 1, wherein the reflective beads are selected from the group consisting essentially of glass and ceramic. 4. The process of claim 1, wherein the step of heating the mixture to a molten state comprises heating the mixture to a temperature greater than 350° F. 5. The process of claim 1, wherein the reflective beads are substantially spherical. 6. The process of claim 1, wherein the pellets are substantially spherical and each of the pellets includes a plurality of the reflective beads. 7. The process of claim 1, and further including the step of partially embedding the pellets in a base line of a molten thermoplastic pavement marking of a highway surface with some of the reflective beads exposed from the base line, and bonding the pellets to the base line. 8. The process of claim 7, wherein the step of bonding the pellets to the base line comprises fusing the pellets to the base line. 9. The process of claim 1, wherein the thermoplastic material is polyvinyl butyral resin and the ratio by volume of the mixture of polyvinyl butyral resin, a pigment and a plasticizer to the reflective beads is approximately 4 to 6. 10. The process of claim 1, wherein the step of forming a mixture of a thermoplastic material, a pigment and a plasticizer, comprises forming a mixture in which the thermoplastic material is selected from the group consisting of: polyvinyl chloride, acrylic resin, polyvinyl butyral, polycarbonate, and polyolefin. 11. A process of making reflective pellets for reflective marking of highways, comprising: forming a mixture of molten thermoplastic and reflective beads, progressively moving the mixture through a die to form an extrudate, dividing the plastic extrudate into lengths to form the plastic extrudate into pellets each of which contain a plurality of the reflective beads, cooling the pellets until the pellets become solid, and removing the thermoplastic at the surface of the pellets to expose the reflective beads at the surface of the pellets, wherein the step of removing the thermoplastic at the surface of the pellets to expose the reflective beads at the surface of the pellets comprises immersing the pellets in a dissolving liquid that dissolves the thermoplastic at the surfaces of the pellets. 12. The process of claim 11 wherein the step of immersing the pellets in a dissolving liquid comprises immersing the pellets in a dissolving liquid selected from the group consisting essentially of glycol ether, butylcellosolv and isopropanol alcohol. 13. The process of claim 11, wherein the step of removing the thermoplastic at the surface of the pellets to expose the reflective beads at the surface of the pellets includes agitating the pellets in the dissolving liquid. 14. The process of claim 11, wherein the reflective beads are selected from the group consisting essentially of glass and ceramic. 15. The process of claim 11, wherein the step of heating the mixture to a molten state comprises heating the mixture to a temperature greater than 380° F. 16. The process of claim 11, wherein the step of forming a mixture of molten thermoplastic and reflective beads includes forming the mixture with substantially spherical beads. 17. The process of claim 11, and further including the step of partially embedding the pellets in a base line of a molten thermoplastic pavement marking of a highway surface with portions of the reflective beads exposed from the base line.
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