Class 241/24.22 - Including glass

Subclass of Class 241 - Solid material comminution or disintegration
Definition: Process of comminuting and separating including sorting
No. of patents: 33
Last issue date: 04/08/2008

Number	Title	Issue Date
7355140	Method of and apparatus for multi-stage sorting of glass cullets A method and system for sorting different colored objects, preferably glass cullets, into separate groups of same colored objects comprising a plurality of sorting devices for receiving an input feed of different colored objects and sorting the different colored obj...	04/08/2008
7264124	Systems and methods for sorting recyclables at a material recovery facility Systems and methods for providing a quantity of cullet having at least two colors of glass from an input stream of recyclable material and non-recyclable material. In an embodiment, the system includes a sortation station, a screening apparatus, an air classifier, a...	09/04/2007
6464082	Cullet sorting using density variations Glass cullet such as recycled municipal waste is processed to substantially eliminate contaminants including light weight paper and polymer, ferrous and nonferrous metal and also ceramics, pyroceramics, tempered glass, stones and assorted silicates that h...	10/15/2002
6446886	Method for producing glass sands and system therefor A method for producing glass sands including the steps of crushing glass articles to convert them into fine fragments so as to form glass fragments, then agitating finely crushed glass fragments to eliminate sharp portions while at the same time forming g...	09/10/2002
6290153	Glass bottle decasing and recovery A bottle decasing, breaking and separating system and method has a hopper feeder for receiving bottles and cases. The bottles and cases are supplied to a trommel by a conveyor beneath the feeder. A conveyor communicating with the trommel receives the sepa...	09/18/2001
6186884	Apparatus for handling mercury containing lamps An apparatus for economically handling mercury containing lamps in an efficient manner while protecting the environment against release of mercury vapors into the atmosphere. The apparatus includes a mobile vehicle which is transportable to a facility or ...	02/13/2001
6168642	Industrial utilization of garbage with effective recycling and with optimization in energy production A recycling process for garbage containing a high proportion of paper where printed paper is first separated from the garbage. The garbage is then into pieces and light and heavy components are separated out in a classification tank. The remaining organic...	01/02/2001
6165067	Method for handling mercury containing lamps An apparatus for economically handling mercury containing lamps in an efficient manner while protecting the environment against release of mercury vapors into the atmosphere. The apparatus of the present invention includes a mobile vehicle which is transp...	12/26/2000
6129779	Reclaiming metallic material from an article comprising a non-metallic friable substrate A method for reclaiming a metallic material from a article including a non-metallic friable substrate. The method comprising crushing the article into a plurality of pieces. An acidic solution capable of dissolving the metallic material is provided dissol...	10/10/2000
6073866	Apparatus methods and systems for pulverizing and cleaning brittle recyclable materials A pulverizing pass having at one side an adjustable crushing plate which forces the material entering to pass between the plate and variable speed replaceable rotating hammers which are substantially open causing the material to be pulverized. The chamber...	06/13/2000
6059206	Apparatus and process for separating materials from lamps The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for the separation of materials from within fluorescent lamps and other mercury containing commercial elements. The process and apparatus can separate materials of different compositions by non-chem...	05/09/2000
5957397	Method for handling mercury containing lamps A process for economically handling spent mercury containing lamps in an efficient manner while protecting the environment against the release of mercury vapors into the atmosphere along with creation of non-toxic recyclable by-product materials therefrom...	09/28/1999
5950936	Process and system for recycling glass A system and method for recycling a waste glass cullet includes a first screening station for separating large glass shards of approximately one inch in diameter from smaller glass shards in the cullet, a crusher to reduce the large glass shards to smalle...	09/14/1999
5902976	System for separating waste materials by enhanced water floatation Improved control for the separation of waste materials, or materials having waste components, is provided by the injection of air, or other gas bubbles, into a water-filled tank while simultaneously depositing the waste containing material to be separated...	05/11/1999
5884854	Method and system for mechanical separation of various materials/substances from disposed fluorescent light tubes and similar lamps being crushed Method and system for mechanical separation of materials from discarded fluorescent light tubes being broken up. The system comprises a fan-driven exhaust air system which is designed for air transportation and separation of material fragments and which i...	03/23/1999
5855325	Method of separating glass from film in the recycling of laminated glass panes A method of separating glass from film in a recycling of laminated panes, includes the following consecutive steps: in a crusher, breaking the glass carried on the film; heating the broken panes in a heating bath; and removing the glass from the film in a...	01/05/1999
5775604	Glassware crushing, grading, screening and collecting dry-type method and apparatus Glassware such as glass bottles and the like is crushed, graded, screened and collected in accordance with the size of the crushed glass. Glassware such as glass bottles is supplied to a glassware charging frame passed to a first crusher and crushed by th...	07/07/1998
5758832	Glass recycling system An apparatus and method for recycling glass waste comprising glass and non-glass materials. The apparatus has a device for receiving and presizing the glass waste to produce presized glass waste. A first conveyor receives the presized glass waste and tran...	06/02/1998
5636800	Process and device for the disposal and recycling of lamps There is described a process for the disposal and recycling of resistance (or incandescent) and/or discharge lamps by crushing the lamp bodies and separating the glass, metal, heavy metal and, if appropriate, fluorescent components of the lamps by crushin...	06/10/1997
5586730	Fluorescent lamp collection and separation method and apparatus A mobile vehicle containing fluorescent lamp separation apparatus is transported to the site of a facility which uses fluorescent lamps and collects used lamps for processing. The lamps are loaded into a bin in the vehicle, the bin is closed to enclose th...	12/24/1996
5524837	Apparatus and method for processing glass containers The apparatus consists of a glass breaker alone or a glass granulator alone or combinations of the two machines along with a screen/sieve and cullet mover mechanism to sort or size the glass particles for further reprocessing or for use an end product of ...	06/11/1996
5388773	Crushed fluorescent tube particulate separation and recovery method and apparatus The separation of potentially toxic phosphor compounds from fractured glass particulates derived from crushing used fluorescent light tubes is improved by continuously mixing the fractured glass particulates together in surface contact with each other to ...	02/14/1995
5375774	Tip separator and method of operation for fluorescent tube digester A grizzly-type separator is disposed across the path of fractured glass particulates to separate electrical tips from said glass particulates. The separator is formed preferably from round separator bars of about twice the average maximum diameter of frac...	12/27/1994
5360169	Process and apparatus for the disposal of articles containing metals or metal vapors Described are a process and device for recycling articles containing metals or metal vapors, in particular mercury-vapor lamps. The articles are fed into a container containing a liquid which converts the metal or metal vapor into harmless compounds, in p...	11/01/1994
5350121	Method for recycling glass A process and apparatus are provided for breaking the glass components of articles comprised of glass and nonglass components and liberating the glass components from the nonglass components by subjecting the articles to controlled vibrations sufficient t...	09/27/1994
5333797	Commingled recyclables recovery and recycling process and related apparatuses An improved method of recovering recyclable materials from commingled recyclables is described as well as apparatuses for doing same. Ferrous materials recovery is achieved using the unique combination of a magnetic belt and a vibratory conveyor. Other ma...	08/02/1994
5301881	System for disposing waste A waste disposal system includes a stock yard for storing waste articles, a pre-treatment apparatus for separating a metal bulk from each waste article fed from the stock yard, a cryogenic crushing apparatus for crushing the separated metal bulk, and a cr...	04/12/1994
5092527	Fluorescent tube crusher with particulate separation and recovery A digesting system for disposal and separation of the component materials, including potentially toxic materials, from used fluorescent tubes, which breaks up fluorescent tubes with a rotating fracture blade while passing a critical amount of stripping ai...	03/03/1992
4583695	Process for purifying recovery glass This invention discloses a process and apparatus for purifying recovery glass for recycling and reuse. The necessity for manual sorting techniques is minimized due to the invention's unique process of mechanical purification, in parallel, carried out on s...	04/22/1986
4389020	Rotary screens A rotary screen device for sorting refuse material particularly adapted for sorting a mixture of glass and plastics material. The device is generally cylindrical in shape, inclined at a preferred angle to the horizontal, and having three sections, an inta...	06/21/1983
4098464	Method of treating refuse for reclamation of valuable components thereof Household or industrial refuse is first passed through a device which rips open garbage bags, breaks open cardboard boxes, and breaks up bundles. Then this refuse is passed through a magnetic separator that extracts all the ferromagnetic elements. Thereaf...	07/04/1978
4070273	Glass recovery A process is disclosed for recovering purified glass from solid waste which includes a predominantly organic fraction and a predominantly inorganic fraction both of which contain glass particles. The predominantly inorganic fraction is further subdivided ...	01/24/1978
4052010	Suspendable porous glass particles An aqueous suspension of porous glass particles having a closely controlled average particle size within the range of about 0.7 to about 3.0 microns. The controlled particle size porous glass particles are prepared by initially milling course porous glass...	10/04/1977

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Class 241/24.22 - Including glass