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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7299530 | Ball grid array rework using a continuous belt furnace Disclosed is an apparatus for separating interconnects between, for example, a card and a substrate. The apparatus includes one or more rotationally biased (e.g., spring-loaded, etc.) partial-circle structures (e.g., blades, squeegee, plow, etc.) and one or more tem... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7140108 | Method of designing device Provided is a method of designing a device, comprising the steps of determining a disposing process for each component of the device, the disposing process being selectable from a melting process, a shredding process and a renovating process, and designing a connect... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7004371 | Gripper and method for detaching packaged chip from PCB A gripper for detaching a packaged chip from a PCB. The gripper comprises a plurality of hooks, elastic slices, and a heating device. These hooks are used for gripping and hooking the packaged chip. Each hook includes a chip-upholding part and a chip-gripping part, ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6951050 | Process and apparatus for recovering materials from installation cables with a bunched conductor A process and apparatus for recovering conductor material from an installation cable with bunched conductors and plastic insulation cuts the installation cable into segments, presses and rolls the segments at an increased temperature ranging from 70° to 130° C. wi... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6705509 | Method of recovering lead-free solder from printed circuit boards Discarded printed circuit boards are sorted according to the alloying elements in solder used on the printed circuit boards. After sorting, the printed circuit boards are heated to melt the solder, and the molten solder is collected. ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6513218 | Accessing fiber fracture surfaces in fiber optic connectors Methods and apparatus for extracting a fiber from connector. In accordance with our method the extraction does not compromise any failure evidence located within the ferrule of the fiber connector. The method comprises the steps of metallic etching, follo... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6193780 | Process and apparatus for the recovery of aluminum and energy from used aluminum-plastic packages Process for the recovery of aluminum and energy from used aluminum-plastic packages and oven for implementing such process, which comprises a pretreatment for the recovery of paper, the separation of aluminum and of recyclable products by pyrolysis of pol... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6088900 | Apparatus for cutting light waveguide cables A method for cutting an outer cladding or tube of a light waveguide cable to form a gap includes removing material on the opposite lateral portions of the outer cladding to produce flattened areas, forming an annular cut on each end of the flattened area ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5976430 | Method for separating and removing covers from golf balls and for recycling golf balls There are disclosed a method and an apparatus for removing a cover from a golf ball. There is used a pair of geared rolls in an engaged manner, each geared roll comprising a cylindrical shaft on which teeth are axially formed and are circumferentially arr... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5951275 | Method for removing oily substances from metallic articles Combustibles such as oily substances adhered to or impregnated in metallic articles are removed, before the articles are subjected to a heat-treatment for carburizing or sintering them, by heating them in a heating chamber with a combustion tube, and disc... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5801358 | Method for disintegrating joined structure with high frequency fields A joining member for joining parts or materials to form a joined structure is constituted by a composite material containing a heating assistant in a matrix material. For disintegrating the joined structure, it is placed in a heating zone, and a high freq... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5552579 | System for salvage and restoration on electrical components from a substrate A salvage system for on-site removal and recovery of electrical components such as IC's from PC boards. The unit may be mobile having at least two heating stations, each of which includes a mounting apparatus which positions the PCB above an array of infr... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5500072 | Method and apparatus for recycling metal sheet-thermoplastic resin laminate composites Metal sheet-thermoplastic resin laminate composites may be effectively separated into their component metal sheet(s) and thermoplastic resin sheet or core by first pressing the laminate composite through a pair of opposing rollers in which the roller(s) m... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5250131 | Method for recovering metal reinforcement from rubber tires A method for recovering metal reinforcement from rubber tires involves placing a tire having metal reinforcement into a high-frequency electromagnetic field, heating the tire and separating the reinforcement from rubber. Lowering of power requirements and... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5230140 | Process for environmentally safe disposal of used fluorescent lamp potted ballast assemblies with component part reclamation and/or recycling A process for the environmentally safe disposal of used fluorescent lamp potted ballast assemblies and the like, with the potential for component part reclamation and/or recycling, involving preferred cryogenic freezing of the potted assembly to the exten... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5112389 | Process for the removal of an embedding body from the embedded component A process and an arrangement are disclosed for the removal of a low-melting embedding body from a higher-melting embedded component. A groove is provided along a molding-in base of the component and by means of the widening of the groove via heatable elem... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4803041 | Process for the recycling of nuclear fuel pellets previously irradiated in a fast neutron nuclear reactor In order to multiply by three or four the combustion level of nuclear fuel pellets in fast neutron nuclear reactors, it is proposed that following a normal irradiation period of said pellets in the reactor core, that the irradiated can be replaced by a ne... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4418260 | Wood treating method and apparatus for facilitating removal of ferrous materials therefrom Pallet nails are subjected to induction heating to char the wood therearound. A pair of induction coils are brought into engagement with the frame pieces of the pallet and with the boards nailed to the frame pieces such as to place the nails within the ed... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4270260 | Method for the salvage and restoration of integrated circuits from a substrate Components such as IC's mounted on a substrate such as a PCB are removed from the PCB in a heating apparatus. The heating apparatus has a mounting frame which positions the PCB above an array of infra red heating sources. The method includes the steps of ... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4208221 | Stator core stripping A stator comprising a core, wire and hydrolyzable insulation is contacted with steam under conditions of elevated pressure and temperature for a time sufficient to degrade the insulation whereupon the wire is mechanically separated from the stator core wi... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4177234 | Method and apparatus for cleaning thermoplastic materials A method for cleaning thermoplastic material especially for reclaiming thermoplastic material from scrap material which includes in addition to the thermoplastic material, materials having a higher melting point than the thermoplastic, such as metal, ther... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4141373 | Method for deoiling metal scrap This invention relates to a method of removing oil from metal scrap, comprising the steps of introducing oil-laden scrap into a hermetically sealed chamber, evacuating said chamber, heating said scrap to vaporize the oil, and removing the vaporized oil fr... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4091825 | Recovery of unoxidized metals from organic insulated metallic scrap Metallic scrap containing a coating of organic insulation material is processed to recover a clean, unoxidized metallic substrate and various insulation by-products by thermally decomposing the organic insulation under pressure in a closed, externally hea... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4067221 | Solder recovery system A method and apparatus for recovering and reusing solder following the removal from radiators or the like requiring repair. The solder is melted or otherwise removed from the radiator core, heated, formed into billets, trimmed to remove foreign particles ... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4046090 | Apparatus and method for making decorative tiles Apparatus and a method for making decorative tiles from container cans wherein a pair of clamp members have generally rectangular clamping surfaces between which a flattened can portion of a rectangular shape is clamped with at least one of its edges proj... | 09/06/1977 |