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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7999012 | Fluid based decommissioning and recycling of printer toner cartridges Disclosed is a system to mechanically destroy printer toner cartridges and reclaim their constituent materials under a water shielded environment while providing a safer and more environmentally friendly recycling system. The present invention is an economical syste... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7985778 | Method for decomposing and reclaiming synthetic resin having ester bond in the composition structure Synthetic resin containing ester bond is subjected to hydrolysis treatment to reclaim raw material component before polymerization. Method for decomposing and reclaiming synthetic resin having ester bond in composition structure thereof, by conducting hydrolysis tre... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7829604 | Golf ball The invention provides a golf ball composed of a hot-molded material obtained by vulcanizing a rubber composition made primarily of a base rubber and an unsaturated carboxylic acid or salt thereof, wherein the rubber composition additionally includes a vulcanized ru... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7285058 | Pre-vulcanized or pre-crosslinked materials for golf balls The present invention relates to golf ball components and golf balls comprising high levels of pre-vulcanized or pre-crosslinked materials, as well as methods of making same. The pre-vulcanized or pre-crosslinked materials are typically thermoset materials that are ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7166658 | Rubber reduction A method of reducing vulcanized rubber is provided. The method comprises the steps of heating the rubber, wherein the rubber includes synthetic rubber, in the presence of a solvent, wherein the solvent includes water to a temperature below a critical temperature of ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7148262 | Method for drying and using swarf in golf balls The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for reusing waste material generated during the manufacturing of golf ball cores. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for drying the waste material in order lower its moi... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141196 | Method of manufacturing a golf ball having one or more layers The present invention relates to golf ball components and golf balls comprising high levels of pre-vulcanized or pre-crosslinked materials, as well as methods of making same. The pre-vulcanized or pre-crosslinked materials are typically thermoset materials that are ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7087655 | Separation process for multi-component polymeric materials A method of separating at least one polymer from a mixture of polymers. The method includes adjusting the temperature of the mixture, either by heating or cooling, to bring the temperature to a temperature at which decombination of the polymer mixture occurs. Mechan... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7084181 | Method for decomposing nonmetallic honeycomb panel, and method for recycling the same The present invention treats crushed pieces of a nonmetallic honeycomb panel together with a process water under high-temperature and high-pressure for a predetermined time so as to separate components. Water or alkali-added water is used as process water. The metho... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7056956 | Method for recycling a plastic material Process for recycling a plastic, according to which the plastic is brought into contact with a solvent capable of dissolving the same and the plastic dissolved in the solvent is precipitated using a non-solvent in the presence of a phase-separating agent, in which t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6966105 | Process for reclaiming rubber-metal waste For a workpiece having a metal part bonded to a rubber part, a method is devised to separate the metal and rubber parts. A flame is used to heat a portion of an exposed surface of the metal part, while moving the flame relative to the metal part until substantially ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6815510 | Elastomer reclaiming composition and method The present invention relates to elastomeric compositions and methods including compositions and methods involving the use of aromatic alcohols. The present invention further relates to elastomeric compositions that can include ground reclaimed elastomeric particles... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6777453 | Method of reclaiming crosslinked rubber, and molded article of reclaimed rubber The object of the present invention is to provide a method of reclaiming crosslinked rubber wherein a reduction of qualities due to generation of decomposed products hardly occurs, and a molding of reclaimed rubber. In a reclamation step of reclaiming crossli... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6583211 | Moldable composite material A moldable heterogeneous composite material has a continuous plastic phase (30) and a discrete phase of unground rubber (20) dispersed in the continuous phase. The composite material can be formed from thermoplastic or thermosetting materials and pieces o... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6462230 | Method of and apparatus for decomposing wastes A method of decomposing wastes containing target compounds having one or more of hydrolyzable bonds of ether bond, ester bond, amide bond and isocyanate bond wherein the method comprises continuously supplying the wastes in a molten state or liquid state ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6362241 | Process and apparatus for the production of virgin polymer substitutes The invention relates to processes and apparatus for the production of a virgin polymer substitute from cured scrap rubber, such as automobile tires, which does not involve the use of solvents or other chemicals and which substantially maintains the physi... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6255529 | Method of and apparatus for decomposing wastes A method of decomposing wastes containing target compounds having one or more of hydrolyzable bonds of ether bond, ester bond, amide bond and isocyanate bond wherein the method comprises continuously supplying the wastes in a molten state or liquid state ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6187901 | Method for the removal and recovery of lactide from polylactide The invention relates to a method for the removal of lactide from polylactide and recovery of lactide from a lactide-containing gas by cooling the hot lactide-containing gas, wherein a polymer melt traveling through a nozzle forms thin threads the surface... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6140378 | Method of recovering photographic film A method for recycling a photographic film is provided. The method comprises shredding the photographic film into a plurality of fragments to be processed; swelling the fragments to be processed formed in the shredding step by dipping each of these fragme... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5886057 | Production of dicarboxylic acids Dicarboxylic acids or esters thereof are recovered from solid phase polyester materials, such as post-consumer products and factory scrap, by subjecting the polyester to at least two hydrolysis stages in at least the first of which the amount of water use... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5866678 | Absorbent and method for production of absorbent resin A method for the production of an absorbent resin having a very small residual monomer content either by adding to an absorbent resin powder a substance capable of reacting with the residual monomer in the absorbent resin powder thereby forming an absorbe... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5824196 | Decontamination of RPET by steam distillation Organic contaminants are removed from RPET flakes by a process that includes steam-stripping the contaminants out from the matrix of the RPET flakes. In an alternative embodiment, the RPET flakes are first comminuted to prepare RPET particles, and the RPE... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5780518 | Processing waste rubber by steam pyrolysis The invention relates to the technology of reprocessing industrial and domestic waste. The problem addressed is reducing energy consumption and the quantity of toxic waste which enters the environment when rubber waste is reprocessed. This problem is solv... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5731358 | Process for the manufacture of high grade devulcanized rubbers from scrap and reject rubber items A process for the manufacture of devulcanized rubbers from a base material composed of scrap rubber products is provided which produces high grade, low viscosity rubber products. The process is carried out in at least two stages, the first stage comprisin... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5716996 | Method for the recovery of secondary polyols from paint sludges The invention relates to a method for the recovery of secondary polyols from paint sludge coagulate, formed from paint overspray which has first been dewatered by mass action, by chemical treatment in a manner such that the recovered product can be reused... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5684053 | Process for reclaiming paint and a paint formulation A process for recovering paint overspray particles includes segregating the paint overspray by color and type, and detackifying, dewatering, drying and particulizing the dried, dewatered, detackified, segregated paint overspray compounds. The resultant co... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5672630 | Process for producing reclaimed rubber or unvulcanized reclaimed rubber A process for producing reclaimed rubber has the steps of: mixing waste vulcanized rubber with unvulcanized new rubber and a devulcanizing agent; and kneading the resulting mixture in a heating atmosphere for mastication of the unvulcanized new rubber and... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5607981 | Method of manufacture of paint and adhesive rubber from vulcanized rubber Method of manufacture of paint and adhesive of rubber from vulcanized rubber that is reclaimed, becoming a product that provides impermeability, flexibility and resistance to the pellicle by process of reduction to small particles through cracking beater ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5597851 | Method for the addition of vulcanized waste rubber to virgin rubber products The invention is a method of using enzymes from thiophyllic microbes for selectively breaking the sulfur rubber cross-link bonds in vulcanized rubber. The process is halted at the sulfoxide or sulfone step so that a devulcanized layer is reactive with vir... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5580905 | Process for recycling polyesters A process for recycling polyester contained in waste materials is provided. The polyester is converted into a corresponding acid salt of a polybasic organic acid and a polyol. The process steps generally include first combining materials containing polyes... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5539029 | Asphalt emulsion-rubber paving composition A method of preparing an asphalt emulsion-rubber paving composition comprises combining an aqueous asphalt emulsion, water, latex rubber, minus 40 size rubber particles, and a thickening agent, mixing said materials at substantially ambient temperature to... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5539004 | Process for recycling resin scrap and apparatus therefor A process and an apparatus for recycling resin scrap including a thermosetting resin paint film and a thermoplastic resin substrate as its major components, wherein the resin scrap is supplied into a passage of a cylinder, melted, and delivered by deliver... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5475036 | Process for reusing plastic articles with coatings A process for reusing a plastic article having a plastic body and a coating layer is discloses which includes the following steps: peeling the coating layer, formed on the plastic body, away from the plastic body by using a high pressure water jet stream;... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5472997 | Process for reprocessing plastic wastes The invention relates to a process for reprocessing plastic wastes, in which the plastic wastes filled into vessels are autoclaved as coherent, porous bundles with high water absorption capacity in a steam atmosphere at approximately 150° to 220° C., pr... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5395858 | Process for recycling polyester A process for recycling polyester contained in waste materials is provided. The polyester is converted into ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid. The process steps generally include first combining materials containing polyester with an alkaline solution... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5377844 | Separation of normally hydrophobic plastic materials by froth flotation A targeted particulate, synthetic organic plastic material having normally hydrophobic surface characteristics is separated from a mixture of two or more of such plastic materials by conditioning the mixture of plastic materials in a flotation cell with a... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5326791 | Process for separation of hydrolyzable from non-hydrolyzable waste plastics for recovery of starting materials and other conversion processes, respectively The present invention relates to a process for reactively separating hydrolyzable polymers, such as PET, in mixtures of the polymer and certain non-hydrolyzable polymers, specifically polyolefins by converting the hydrolyzable polymers to their correspond... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5120768 | Process for separating polyethylene terephthalate from polyvinyl chloride Today there is a growing demand to recycle plastics including polyethylene terephthalate. Sources of polyethylene terephthalate for recycling often contain polyvinyl chloride. It is necessary to separate polyvinyl chloride from the polyethylene terephthal... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5064582 | Process and apparatus for recycling aqueous fluid absorbents fines A process for recycling and reblending dry, difficult to hydrate polymer fines into a water-swellable fluid absorbent polymer gel is disclosed. The process requires feeding the dry polymer fines into a first mixing zone where they are subjected to sprayin... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4981876 | Method for separating and recovering layered plastics joined at an interface A process of separating vinyl skin from a foam backing and recovering the separated components by granulating the plastics composite into small chips, mixing the chips with a quantity of water in a vessel to swell and break the cell structure of the foam ... | 01/01/1991 |
