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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171610 | Recycling system and disassembling and classifying method In a recycling system of the present invention for collecting a subject of recycling, which contains plastics, from the market and reprocessing the plastics to thereby produce a recycled product, the plastics contains a line spectrum radiation that radiates light wh... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7891068 | Recovery method of electric appliance A mark is displayed to a manually scrapped component capable of being disassembled manually without disassembling or crushing by machine at the time of discard or recovery of an electric appliance after use, and the manually scrapped component is manually scrapped f... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7584530 | Method and apparatus for compressing scrap metal strip A stream of scrap metal strip is continuously compressed in an apparatus comprising a pair of compression rolls and a traveling shear disposed, in that sequence, along a processing path having a substantial vertical component. The process is performed continuously, ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7487577 | Recycle method and system thereof A recycling method which comprises constructing a membership computer system comprising appending to products identification displays showing that the products satisfy the standards for products scarcely giving loads to environments, easily recyclable products, high... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7437808 | Method of forming a metal matrix component A method of forming a metal matrix component and product that comprises forming scrap sheet metal material, shredding the scrap sheet metal material to a predetermined size range, filling the shredded scrap sheet metal material into a compacting die, adding an adhes... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7328503 | Recycling system for engine oil filter A recycling system is used for processing an engine oil filter and comprises a frame, a filter net, a cutting device, a dividing device, and a compressing device. Thus, all of the parts of the used engine oil filter can be divided, processed and reused respectively,... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318265 | Recovery method for an electric appliance A mark is displayed to a manually scrapped component capable of being disassembled manually without disassembling or crushing by machine at the time of discard or recovery of an electric appliance after use, and the manually scrapped component is manually scrapped f... | 01/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7107661 | Method of recycling printed circuit board The present invention provides a method and apparatus of recycling 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. Both the m... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096556 | Recycling method and recycling apparatus of part for image forming apparatus, and recycled part for image forming apparatus A recycling method of a part for an image forming apparatus, the part being used in the image forming apparatus and provided with a thermoplastic resin member at least in a part thereof is provided which includes: recovering the part for the image forming apparatus;... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082660 | Recycling method and image forming apparatus manufactured using recycling method A recycling method of an apparatus having a part includes a collecting step of collecting a part from the apparatus; a processing step of processing the collected part to adapt it to an apparatus having different specifications; and a mounting step of mounting the p... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7073238 | Single slitting process for recycling rail A method for recycling rail is provided wherein the rail is heated, and then slit into two pieces. The two pieces are passed through a single mill pass line such that each piece of the rail is deformed to have a generally uniform shape. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7020534 | Recycling method A recycling method enables closed-loop material recycling (CMR) to be smoothly performed while reducing the amount of a recovered material disposed of outside the CMR loop. The amount of use of recovered ABS in a copying machine in a product production division is d... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7000857 | Method of recycling A recycling method comprises classifying products to be recycled on the basis of classifier unit information, decomposing and fractionating some of the products on the basis of fractionator unit information. Applying a physical action to the fractionated products on... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6986192 | Method for reclamation of precious metals from circuit board scrap The present invention springs from the discovery that mild acids could be utilized to shear undesired metals away from desired precious metals that have been plated onto circuit board runners or contacts. This shearing action occurs at a high rate when metal scrap s... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6926195 | Box with tab closures A retaining structure for securing first and second flaps of a box structure in an overlapping, closed condition comprising a first tab pliably coupled to the first flap and defining a free end having a substantially circular shape and an a complementary aperture ha... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923033 | Roller system for flattening irregularly shaped, bent pieces of scrap sheet metal A roller system for flattening irregularly shaped pieces of scrap sheet metal comprises a pair of parallel, horizontally arranged large rollers forming a downwardly converging nip between them. Each roller is formed of curved steel sheets bent to form a cylindrical ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6898834 | Barrel stave reclaim A method of reclaiming non-wine affected oak wood from a stave removed from a wine barrel or cask. The wine affected wood is removed as by sawing, the remaining non-wine affected wood is sawn into battens, dressed, straightened and toasted. The reclaimed oak battens... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6830648 | Method for separating substrate and thin-film layer of optical recording memory media using ultrasonic A method for separating a substrate and a thin-film material of an optical recording memory media using ultrasonic includes steps of placing an optical recording memory media in an ultrasonic environment and using ultrasonic to damage weaker interconnected interface... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6810567 | Partial or complete utilization of a pressurized-gas cylinder known per se for compressed, liquefied or dissolved gases The invention relates to the partial or complete use of a pressurized gas cylinder known per se for compressed, liquefied or dissolved gases as a liner for a composite cylinder. This enables production costs of a composite cylinder to be reduced by ⅓ when compared... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6732416 | Refrigerator recycling method and system A system and method for recycling materials from appliances, such as refrigerators and freezers, including a conveyor system having a number of stations to remove material from the appliance, and a band saw to cut the appliance into at least two pieces. The cut piec... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6722023 | Recycling equipment for used-automobiles The present invention provides a scrapping system of used-automobiles, comprising a reusable parts collecting station A, a liquid collecting station B for collecting liquids including fuel, oil and coolant, a prearrangement station C for collecting chlorofluorocarbo... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6694588 | Method of renovating and recycling a vehicle A method of renovating and recycling a vehicle, comprises the steps of: (a) designing the vehicle, wherein the step of designing comprises the steps of: (a-1) determining a way of treatment, such as melting, crushing or renovating, for mach part of the ve... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6675454 | Method for recycling used printed circuit boards A method of recycling used printed boards includes the steps of removing components from the used printed boards or parts of them and joining the resulting used printed boards to form a composite board. The method further provides for separating outer con... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6594877 | Method and equipment of recycling used-automobiles A scrapping system of used-automobiles includes a reusable parts collecting station, a liquid collecting station for collecting liquids including fuel, oil and coolant, a prearrangement station for collecting chlorofluorocarbon, batteries, seats, tires, e... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6523240 | Method for reusing hangers with size indicia The specification discloses a method for reusing garment hangers with size indicia mounted thereon. The method provides a closed loop for reusing the garment hangers by shipping hangers and the size indicia to clothing manufacturers, assembling the hanger... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6484390 | Apparatus for reusing hangers with size indicia The specification discloses a system, method and apparatus for re-using garment hangers with size indicia mounted thereon. The method provides a closed loop for re-using the garment hangers by shipping hangers and the size indicia to clothing manufacturer... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6371362 | Robotic welding of brackets inside metal enclosures The present invention provides a system and method for attaching a device to an inside wall of an enclosure. The device is removably attached to a positioner. Where the device includes a metal substance, it may be attached to the positioner by a magnet af... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6363597 | Partial or complete use of a pressurized-gas cylinder known per se for compressed, liquefied or dissolved gases The invention relates to the partial or complete use of a pressurized gas cylinder known per se for compressed, liquefied or dissolved gases as a liner for a composite cylinder. This enables production costs of a composite cylinder to be reduced by 1/3 wh... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6349457 | Process and apparatus for disassembling tape cassettes Processes and apparatuses for partly disassembling tape cassettes having at least one closure flap comprise separating the closure flap from the cassette or from the cassette housing at an early time, before, during or shortly after the opening of the cas... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6292994 | Method and device for the disassembly of cassettes Processes and apparatuses for partly disassembling tape cassettes having at least one closure flap comprise separating the closure flap from the cassette or from the cassette housing at an early time, before, during or shortly after the opening of the cas... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6237208 | Process for producing profiled materials, in particular for door and window production A process for the manufacture of section material composed of thermoplastic material, such sections being suitable for the production of door and window jambs and frames. A thermoplastic material component and a second component containing additives are m... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237216 | Apparatus for automatically dismantling a windshield glass and a rear glass from a disused automobile A system for recycling the components dismantled from a disused automobile, which includes a main body having a control part, front and rear glass removers connected with the main body for dismantling the glass from the body of the disused automobile, two... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6101718 | Process for producing a new improved mattress from a used mattress The invention relates to an improved mattress comprising an inner spring assembly from a used mattress wherein the inner spring assembly has been stripped of its outer covering of ticking and padding material, heat treated to provide stress relief to the ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6041484 | Method and apparatus for disposing of a radioactively contaminated steam generator A method for disposing of a radioactively contaminated steam generator with a multiplicity of U-shaped heating tubes fixed in a tube plate, includes cutting off the heating tubes above the tube plate, cutting open the dome of the steam generator and gripp... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5979033 | Method of recycling waste printed circuit boards A method and a device for treating waste printed circuit boards with molten tin include process of throwing printed circuit boards into a molten tin bath in treating furnace, letting the boards proceed crashing, stirring and carbonizing treatment for sepa... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5947105 | Ammunition box stove A portable stove and a method for fabricating portable stove from an ammunition box. The stove uses the ammunition box as the body for the stove. An outlet is incorporated into the lid area of the ammunition box to allow for the attachment of a flue duct ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5864934 | Binder apparatus with removable outer cover A binder apparatus including a replaceable outer cover. The outer cover is formed of a completely recyclable material such as paperboard to allow it to be recycled after it has been removed from the ring binder mechanism. The spine of the outer cover is r... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5832583 | Grinding mill liner adapter An adapter for mounting a liner to a first mill having an inner diameter with a first contour. The liner has a back face with a second contour shaped for mating with a second mill. The adapter includes a top face and a bottom face. The top face supports t... | 11/10/1998 |
