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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7296340 | Apparatus of recycling printed circuit board The present invention provides a recycler that recycles a printed circuit board for separating and retrieving a metallic material, which includes a printed metallic material, and an insulating material, both composing the printed circuit board. The insulating body b... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7115671 | Process for recovering monomeric units of a nylon from whole carpet The invention relates to a process for recovering monomeric units of a nylon from carpet material. The carpet material includes fibres containing nylon bound to a backing containing one or more non-nylon components. The carpet material contains between 15 and 35 wt.... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7097044 | Dry separation of contaminants from polyester materials A method for separating polyester materials from contaminants is disclosed suitable for, for example, a polyester recycling system. The method is a dry separation method and includes rapidly spinning a mixture of polyester and contaminants within a cleaning chamber.... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6629653 | Process and device for the separation of viscoplastic materials such as plastics from materials such as paper which can be defibrated by mechanical action The invention relates to a process for separating tenaciously elastic materials such as plastics and rubber from materials tearing and/or defiberizing under high mechanical stress, particularly paper, and to a device for performing said process. The proce... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6126096 | Method and apparatus for separating and recovering fractional components of carpet A process is disclosed for the separation and recovery of fractional components of used carpet. Although the disclosed process is operable with either jute-backed or vinyl-backed carpet, an alternative process is preferred for vinyl-backed carpet to permi... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5908164 | Method and apparatus for separating and recovering fractional components of carpet A process is disclosed for the separation and recovery of fractional components of used carpet. Although the disclosed process is operable with either jute-backed or vinyl-backed carpet, an alternative process is preferred for vinyl-backed carpet to permi... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5429310 | Method and arrangement for processing or reprocessing waste material accumulating in the production or processing of cigarettes A method and an apparatus for carrying out the method are described which are used for reprocessing waste material accumulating in the production of cigarettes and similar rod-form smoking items, wherein the waste material comprises paper material, tobacc... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5292075 | Disposable diaper recycling process Due to ever-increasing waste production and ever-dwindling landfill space, alternatives to throwing away disposable diapers is needed. The present invention relates generally to a recycling process for reclaiming used paper and plastic materials. The proc... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5251827 | Process for separating fibres from composite materials A resin reinforced fibre product such as glass fibre impregnated with a thermosetting resin is treated to recover fibre by initially shredding the waste, pulverizing the shredded waste and sieving the pulverized waste to separate the free fibres. The rema... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5238195 | Method for recycling wallboard A method for recycling wallboard employs a tumbling barrel for receiving wallboard pieces and metal weights. The tumbling barrel is sealed and the barrel is rotated so as to drop the weights against the wallboard. Once the materials are separated into gyp... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5183213 | Method for recycling wallboard A method and apparatus for recycling wallboard employs a tumbling barrel for receiving wallboard pieces and metal weights. The tumbling barrel is sealed and the barrel is rotated so as to drop the weights against the wallboard. Once the materials are sepa... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5100063 | Recovery of components of waste plasterboard A method and apparatus for processing waste plasterboard consisting of sheets of paper or similar material adhered to a core of plaster of paris or the like, for recovering and separating the cover material from the gypsum of the core and for collecting e... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5100066 | Method for processing domestic, industrial and other similar waste with the production of a cellulose material The invention relates to a method for processing domestic, industrial and other like waste with the production of a cellulose material in which the waste material is subjected to pre-comminution, magnetic separation, air-classification and fractionating. ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4867383 | Method and system for processing wastepaper A method of preparing wastepaper for fiberization comprising: (a) shredding the wastepaper in a screened shredding device, through which the wastepaper is drawn by a fan; (b) passing the resulting shredded-and-screened wastepaper through the fan, wherein ... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4670944 | Lignocellulose comminution and classification Cotton burrs and other trash from a cotton gin are processed by first passing them over a small screen to remove sand and other fine material. Thereafter, the burrs and other trash are ground in a hammer mill. After grinding, the material passed along a l... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4668339 | Process for dry deinking of secondary fiber sources Ink-bearing secondary fiber feedstocks are mechanically fiberized in a substantially dry state to produce substantially discrete fibers and ink-bearing fines, and the fibers are separated from the fines in a substantially dry state.... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4650125 | Method for sorting fiber stock, especially for manufacturing paper, and sorting apparatus for the performance of such method The sorting apparatus contains a rotor equipped with blades or vanes which move along a screen or sieve located beneath the rotor. The screen forms a partial surface of a body of revolution, such as a partial surface or section of a cylinder. The fiber st... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4615767 | Process for removing ink-bearing fines from dry-deinked secondary fiber sources A method of deinking comprises: (a) mechanically fiberizing a secondary fiber source in a substantially dry state, preferably air dry, thereby producing a fibrous material consisting of substantially discrete fibers and ink-bearing fines: (b) depositing t... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4562969 | Process for preparing groundwood pulp as short fiber and long fiber fractions A process is provided which comprises the steps of: (1) grinding lignocellulosic material to form an aqueous groundwood pulp fiber suspension; (2) screening the groundwood pulp fiber suspension through a coarse screen having screen openings not less that about... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4504016 | Process for cleaning chemical cellulose pulp by screening and apparatus Process and apparatus are provided for cleaning chemical pulp by screening, in which the rejects from a first screening stage are rescreened in a second screening stage; the accepts from the second screening stage are separated in a hydrocyclone, and the ... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4460131 | Recovery of cardboards from the commercial waste Commercial waste having cardboard mixed with paper, plastic film, organic materials and other contaminants is processed through a critical sequence of operations, namely: removal of bulky materials, feeding at a selected rate, separating small contaminant... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4353509 | Method of preparation of fibers and fibers obtained therefrom A method for re-claiming fibers from peanut shells is disclosed wherein the shells are first flattened, the flattened shells are milled to produce a fraction containing fibers and a residue fraction and then the fiber fraction is separated from the residu... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4341353 | Method and apparatus for recovering fuel and other resources from refuse utilizing disk screens Disk screens having various interface opening dimensions are combined with air classifiers and other refuse separating components to separate municipal and industrial refuse into a fuel fraction and other recyclable resource fractions, each having a low p... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4304361 | Bagasse process and product A process for reducing sugarcane bagasse to a peat moss-like material that is useful as a planting or potting soil consists of the steps of: (1) screening the bagasse to remove the short fibers which are about 1/4 to 3/8 inch (6.35-9.53 mm) in length; (2)... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4245999 | Method and apparatus for obtaining low ash content refuse fuel, paper and plastic products from municipal solid waste and said products A chopped mixture derived from municipal solid waste, free of ferrous metal is fed into the open upper end of a vertical rotor chamber for contact sequentially by an upper and lower high-speed rotor, with the rotor blades of the rotors further chopping th... | 01/20/1981 |
