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| 8011606 | Portable system and method for separating and recycling gypsum and non-ferrous waste discharge from a steady stream of comminuted gypsum wallboard System and method for comminuting gypsum wallboard received from a series of processing hoppers and milling hoppers by discharge into an assembly including a feed hopper, a barrel and trommel screen assembly for separation and final removal of paper and non-ferrous ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7361401 | Surface coverings containing fused recycled material and processes of making the same A backing or an intermediate layer for a surface covering is described which comprises a fused recycled material, wherein the material comprises a thermoplastic material, for instance, a vinyl material from a vinyl backed carpet or vinyl backed carpet manufacturing ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7338698 | Homogeneously branched ethylene polymer carpet, carpet backing and method for making same The present invention pertains to carpet and methods of making carpet. In one aspect, the carpet includes (a) a primary backing which has a face and a back surface, (b) a plurality of fibers attached to the primary backing and extending from the face of the primary ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7314002 | Densification system A densification system for shredding and densifying specification raw materials for use as an alternative fuel source. The densified specification raw materials formed by the inventive system are readily transportable to a fuel processing site where they may be used... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7252251 | Method for preconcentration of organic synthetic materials derived from shredding of end-of-life durable goods Process for pre-concentration of recoverable polymer materials formed from residues from grinding consumer durable goods at the end of their lives such as automobiles, computer equipment and household appliances, consisting of treating the residue by steps in sequen... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246761 | Process reactor and method for the electrodynamic fragmentation In a process reactor and a method for the electro-dynamic fragmentation of lumpy mineral materials by pulsed high voltage discharges, including a reaction chamber with a funnel-like bottom having a central outlet, an axially movable high-voltage electrode extending ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7204435 | Magnetic tape cassettes and processes for producing them The magnetic tape cassette has a base with an opening for forming a transparent window and a transparent resin-made window member to be installed in said opening. The window member is provided with an engaging unit which is to be fitted into the base at an angle and... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195183 | Method of processing composite wastes A method or processing composite waste including combustibles and incombustibles has a press process for pressing the composite waste, a dry distillation process for performing dry distillation on the pressed composite waste, a shredding process for shredding the co... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7162785 | Method of recycling a process cartridge The recycling of metal materials is performed by efficiently recovering the metal materials from component materials of a process cartridge. To achieve this object, there is provided a method of recycling a process cartridge containing a toner, wherein in a crushing... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7152742 | Separation process for carpets Comminuted carpet pieces are fed to a first stirred tank together with an aqueous solution containing separating salt, to form a first suspension, which is fed to a first mechanical separating stage. A first high-solids phase, a second high-solids phase containing p... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7045590 | Use of waste carpet as filler By utilizing specially processed waste carpeting as a filler in the production of carpet backcoating, roofing materials, or other similar products, the amount of waste carpeting that is landfilled or otherwise disposed of is significantly reduced as is the need for ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6953119 | System for gathering discarded post-consumer carpet, for recycling A carpet disposal method, comprising: collecting carpet, performed by a collection agent having a unique identifier; assigning the collection agent unique identifier to the collected carpet; transporting the uniquely identified carpet to a processing plant; identify... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6944926 | Method for disassembling refrigerator, compressing device, and device for disassembling the same A refrigerant gas is collected and a compressor is removed from a discarded refrigerator, a heat-insulating housing including a heat insulator is cut/processed and separated into a plurality of pieces, and the pieces are compressed/processed by compression rollers o... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6936201 | Surface coverings containing fused recycled material and processes of making the same A backing or an intermediate layer for a surface covering is described which comprises a fused recycled material, wherein the material comprises a thermoplastic material, for instance, a vinyl material from a vinyl backed carpet or vinyl backed carpet manufacturing ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6899294 | Hatchery eggshell waste processing method and device A method and apparatus for separating the organic membrane portion of waste egg shells from the hard inorganic mineral portion thereof, so that each can be used or further processed as desired, thereby addressing the environmental and economic issues associated with... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6691939 | Pressure differential material transport and disposal system A pressure differential material transport system to transfer materials with an airflow to a sewer system. Embodiments of the pressure differential material transport system may be used for residential or industrial applications to dispose of materials to... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6607151 | Ultra fine dead sea mineral compound and method of manufacture An ultra fine mineral compound and method of processing native Dead Sea minerals into this ultra fine mineral compound that can be used to manufacture all natural Dead Sea mineral compositions particularly compositions for use in bath and body products is... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6582610 | Concrete grindings reclamation system A method for treating a fluid slurry with concrete grindings to separate constituents thereof, the constituents including water, sand and cement particles, the method including removing solids (e.g. large concrete fragments, rock, etc.) from fluid slurry ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6527208 | Process and apparatus for reclaiming the economic components of polluted scrap rubber tires A process, and associated apparatus, that separates the economic components of scrapped rubber tires while isolating and removing certain levels of contamination associated with these tires. The separation of the scrap tires contaminants is accomplished b... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6495260 | Method of producing epoxy for molding semiconductor device, molding material, and semiconductor device The present invention provides a process for producing an epoxy resin molding material for semiconductor encapsulation, which is very low in voids generation; a molding material produced by the process; and a semiconductor device obtained by encapsulation... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6341739 | Processing of ceramic materials A process for treating a nitride-containing ceramic material which includes the following steps: (1) comminuting the material to produce a particulate ceramic material having a particle size distribution such that at least 40% by weight of the particles h... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6328234 | Apparatus and method for recycling solid waste The invention relates to apparatus and method for the treatment of recyclable materials from solid waste. The material is introduced into a pressure vessel where it is heated and shredded. Fluid jets within the vessel produce a cutting/agitating action on... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6311906 | Apparatus and method for recycling waste paint There is disclosed apparatus and method for recycling waste paint, for completely removing a bad smell generated in the course of drying up the waste paint and extracting a bad smell from a filler. The method for recycling waste paint comprises the steps ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6267309 | Municipal solid waste processing facility and commercial ethanol production process A method of processing waste is disclosed wherein the municipal solid waste is segregated and processed to recover reusable rubber, metal, plastic, glass and the remaining organic portion of the waste stream is used to make ethanol and other chemicals. On... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6213306 | Process and facility for treating and sorting recyclable waste materials The invention refers to a procedure and an installation for the pure, according to sort, processing of recoverable material refuse, with a selection of heavy disruptive materials, with a crushing process for the remaining raw refuse, with segregating proc... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6182913 | Method and apparatus for reclaiming carpet components A system for reclaiming carpet components such as yarn, tufting primary, binder, and secondary backing wherein the carpet is sprayed with a high velocity water spray so as to disjoint the components from one another, and thereafter, separating the seconda... | 02/06/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6155020 | Shredded carpet insulation The present invention provides an economical and efficient insulation material formed from recycled carpet waste. Carpet waste is readily available and is currently landfilled. The resulting insulation product of the invention is a high-efficiency, low-co... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6131741 | Method and device for the treatment of waste or residual waste To improve a method for the treatment of waste or residual waste (1), the waste or residual waste (1) is sorted into a fraction (16) with specifically light material and a fraction (18) with specifically heavy material first by sieving and then followed b... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6119866 | Process and device for separation of wanted materials from product mixes which contain floating/absorbent material and metals with a ferromagnetic content Process and device for separation of wanted materials from product mixes which contain floating/absorbent material and metals having a ferromagnetic content, particularly from ink cartridges by means of the following steps: coarsely comminuting the produc... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6117671 | Method and system for integrated solid waste collection and management Solid waste management has been primarily based on collection of solid waste and placing most of it in a landfill. Present invention eliminates a need for large landfills by integrating collection and transportation of solid waste with separation, treatme... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6105887 | Method for homogeneously mixing uranium/plutonium mixed oxide A method for homogeneously mixing a uranium/plutonium mixed oxide which is used for the preparation of a uranium/plutonium mixed oxide fuel. The method comprises weighing a uranium oxide powder, a plutonium oxide powder, and a dry recovered powder prepare... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6059207 | Process for recovering high value polymer from carpet selvage waste The present invention provides an inexpensive process which can be placed in the carpet mill to add value to carpet selvage waste by segregating the various materials used to manufacture the selvage waste. The process for segregating at least one componen... | 05/09/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6039274 | Method and apparatus for crushing nonconductive materials A method of crushing or smashing nonconductive materials such as natural ore materials and concretes by a discharge voltage requires a large amount of energy for crushing or smashing. Products produced by crushing or smashing have not been recycled effect... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6032881 | Process to remove radioactive elements present in bulk low-grade waste A method and system for separating, collecting and isolating radioactive metallic elements from low grade, dry, solid non-metallic nuclear bulk waste that includes physically degrading the low grade waste by shredding or grinding into small pieces, config... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5992335 | Method of blowing synthetic resin into furnace and apparatus therefor A method for blowing a synthetic resin material into a furnace which comprises processing film-shaped synthetic resins into a first granular resin material; crushing non-film-shaped synthetic resins into a second granular resin material; pneumatically fee... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992774 | Method and system for recycling construction waste articles A method and system for recycling construction waste articles is disclosed. In the method and system of this invention, construction waste articles are crushed into primary pieces of not larger than 200 mm in size. The primary pieces are screened into agg... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5975441 | Apparatus for separating rocks from soil An apparatus for separating stones from stone-laden earthen material, particularly material that has been previously discarded from stone quarries, includes a hopper having a conveyor that feeds quantities of stone-laden earthen material unto a bed of spi... | 11/02/1999 |
