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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7234235 | Wire processing method of cross-linking coated wire In wire cross-linking process, after microwave is launched into the inside of the waveguide coaxial converter, the coated wire is inserted into the wire insertion pipe. The coated wire is cross-linked by high frequency heat and a coating insulator is adhered well to... | 06/26/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7056422 | Batch thermolytic distillation of carbonaceous material A distillation system is provided for batch thermolytic distillation of lump carbonaceous material, such as lump wood and shredded rubber tires. The system preferably includes multiple distillation units mounted side-by-side. Each unit includes a reactor bath for ho... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6855187 | Method for recycling waste wire harness In a waste wire harness including electric wires each coated with a resin comprised of an olefin-based resin and magnesium hydroxide as a fire retardant, and including accompanied members having at least one of terminals, connectors, various kind of boxes such as ju... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6793709 | Delamination process A process for recycling an electronic scrap material comprising a metal provided on a polymeric substrate, which method comprises: milling flaked electronic scrap material with a bead impact material in the presence of water to produce flakes of cleaned polymeric su... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6770115 | Process for magnesium granules A method and apparatus of reclaiming magnesium from post consumer scrap and/or secondary magnesium turnings by feeding the post consumer scrap and/or secondary magnesium turnings into a rotary tray dryer and subjecting the post consumer scrap and/or secondary magnes... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6723179 | Soft magnetism alloy powder, treating method thereof, soft magnetism alloy formed body, and production method thereof A soft magnetism metal powder having a majority of particles, each of which, when cross-sectioned, has no greater than ten crystal particles on average, may be coated on an outer surface of each of the particles with a resistive material having a higher resistivity ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6537341 | Process for recycling fiber composite materials A process for recycling composite materials that comprise fibers and a matrix includes exposing the composite material to electromagnetic waves in the form of microwaves. The electromagnetic waves induce an introduction of energy into the composite materi... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6428602 | Method for recovering platinum from platinum-containing coatings on gas turbine engine components A method for recovering Pt from Pt-bearing coating on a gas turbine engine component. The component is contacted with a chemical stripping agent to dissolve away constituents of the coating and produce a Pt-bearing film of acid oxidation products at the s... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6425934 | Gas generator disposal method and system therefor A gas generator disposal method capable of disposing of large quantities of gas generators safely, efficiently and without contamination of environments, and a system therefor, the method comprising releasing an air bag deploying gas from an unused gas ge... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6409798 | Process for recovering metal material from waste material A process for recovering metal material from waste material including organic material and metal material in the form of thin foil metal material. The process includes steps of introducing the waste material into a fluidized bed gasifier, introducing air ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6325967 | Incineration process A process and apparatus for incinerating certain volatile organic compounds especially odorants commonly used in the natural gas industry. The procedure uses a first (car bottom) furnace as a heating chamber, where precise temperature control during both ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6245122 | Apparatus and method for reclaiming scrap metal An apparatus and method for reclaiming contaminated scrap metal, more particularly an improved reverberatory furnace designed for melting scrap. The amount of hydrocarbons volatilized from the melting of contaminated scrap is measured and the fumes are pa... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6235074 | Process of recovering copper from winding There is provided a process of recovering copper from winding composed of an enameled copper wire having a polyester and/or a polyurethane based insulating coating thereon, and the process includes the steps of immersing the winding into an alkali solutio... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6228143 | Rotary thermal oxidizer for battery recycling and process A rotary thermal oxidizer removes polymeric and other non-metal components of exhausted batteries and cells leaving value-metals, such as cadmium, nickel, and iron behind for subsequent processing. By preheating the sweep gas to a temperature above the au... | 05/08/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6149707 | Method for pyrocleaning metal components This is a method for pyrocleaning that degreases metal components using an oven, an oxidizer, a system gas supply, a system gas exhaust, and heat exchangers. The degreasing is accomplished by first transporting the metal components through the oven and ex... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6139601 | Method of recycling simultaneously a plurality of oil filters A method of simultaneously recycling a plurality of used oil filters involves placing a plurality of the filters into a rectangular compartment having a top, opposite sides, a bottom, and first and second ends. Pressure is exerted on the oil filters in a ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6077328 | Process for reducing the dioxin and furan content in waste gases from furnaces, and use of the filter dusts produced thereby A process for purifying waste gases from smelting, resmelting or combustion plant furnaces and the use of the filter dusts produced. The invention is used in particular in the production or preparation of nonferrous metals. According to the invention, at ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5998689 | Method for recycling contaminated metal parts A method for recycling metal parts contaminated by radioactive elements, in particular by -emitters, includes forming a melt and a slag from the metal parts and then separating the slag from the melt. The radioactive elements are oxidized prior to ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5855644 | Method for recovering aluminium from materials containing metallic aluminium According to the present method it is possible to recover metallic aluminium easily and at high recovery rate and low cost from metallic aluminium containing wastes disposed recently in great amounts, said wastes being, for example, aluminium can, alumini... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5830258 | Method of recovering resources in resin-molded electrical rotating device A method of recovering resources in a resin-molded electrical rotating device (1,2) in which electromagnetic members (1a,1b,2a) are molded with resin molding (1c,2c) with fine voids so as to be integrally made into a solid body, and a resin for molding of... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5817163 | Aluminum scrap cleaning and decarbonization Aluminum scrap containing a carbon-containing coating is cleaned with about 212° F. hot water, and then decarbonized with about 1000° F. superheated steam which produces a carbon-containing volatile from the carbon-containing coating and a decarbonized ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5743936 | Method of recovering valuables from printed wiring board having electronic components mounted thereon The method of recovering valuables from a printed wiring board on which electronic components are mounted, includes the steps of (a) removing electronic components from a printed wiring board on which the electronic components are mounted, (b) polishing a... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5735933 | Method for processing metallic waste A processing method by which metals may be recovered at a high purity from metal-containing waste materials. The method for processing metal-containing waste materials comprises crushing a metal-containing waste material to a particle size of 1-50 mesh, s... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5728196 | Process for waste thermolysis The present invention relates to a process and system for thermal waste treatment. The method according to the invention comprises subjecting the waste to thermolysis in a furnace to produce from the waste thermolysis gases and carbon containing solids; p... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5578110 | Environmentally acceptable method of disposing of an inflator from an air bag system loaded in a scrapped automobile A method by which numerous gas generators from unused air-bags can be scrapped in an environmentally acceptable manner. The method consists of a) heating the gas generator to actuate the generator to produce combustion gases and an actuated generator having wa... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5575907 | Process for the recovery of raw materials from presorted collected waste, especially scrap electrochemical batteries and accumulators The invention relates to a process for the recovery of raw materials from presorted collected waste, especially scrap electrochemical batteries and accumulators in which the scrap (10)is first mechanically prepared and divided into coarse and fine fractio... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5462578 | Method for the extraction of the metallic phase from dispersed mixtures of light metals and nonmetallic components Method for the extraction of the metallic phase from dispersed mixtures of light metals and nonmetallic components. The invention pertains to an advantageous method for the extraction of the metallic phase from a dispersed mixture comprised of at least on... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5456739 | Process for reclaiming aluminum from waste paper and packaging products Aluminum is recovered from organic waste paper and packaging material containing aluminum foil by heating the waste material in a kiln or other such device to decompose the organic constituents in the waste material, preferably by pyrolysis, producing hot... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456738 | Portable metal extraction machine and method of using A process and apparatus for extracting gold from circuit boards, gold fingers and gold pins is described comprising the steps of applying liquid nitrogen directly to the surface of the circuit boards, gold fingers and gold pins, thus freezing the gold. A ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5437705 | Device and process for the recovery of cadmium and nickel A process and device for recovering cadmium and nickel metals from Ni-Cd battery and processing scrap material containing nickel, cadmium, iron and other substances are disclosed. The process includes depositing the scrap material in a furnace and adding ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5405428 | Decontamination and/or surface treatment of metals The invention relates to a process of decontaminating metal (especially aluminum or aluminum alloy) scrap contaminated with organic material. The problem with such methods is that undue oxidation of the metal may take place as the decontamination proceeds... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5401293 | Waste petroleum filter recycling process Filters contaminated with hydrocarbons are treated to reduce hydrocarbon content to acceptable levels for transportation and recycling. In one embodiment used petroleum filters are crushed and some of the hydrocarbon products released. The filters, either... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5364443 | Process for combined decoating and melting of aluminum scrap contaminated with organics A method of recovering an aluminum-containing metal from a scrap material containing the metal and an organic contaminant, such as paper, plastics, lacquer, paint or oil. The method involves creating a fluidized bed of solid particles, maintaining a zone ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5350438 | Method and apparatus for removing plated metal from steel sheet scraps Metal plated steel sheet scraps are heated to a temperature in the range of about 200° C.-500° C. so that organic material adhered to the scraps is evaporated and removed. Then, the scraps from which organic material has been removed are heated to a tem... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5342428 | Separation of free lead from aluminum beverage cans A method for removing free lead from a feed stream of used aluminum beverage cans (UBC) to reduce the total lead content of the feed stream. The UBC material is shredded, heated to a temperature above the lead melting point, and agitated to cause the molt... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5338335 | Method for treatment of oil contaminated filings of magnesium and magnesium alloys A method for the treatment of waste products, in particular oil-contaminated chips of reactive metals such as magnesium and magnesium alloys includes heading the chips to a temperature close to or above the boiling point of the oil and below the melting p... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5304230 | Method of disposing of organic and inorganic substances and a plant for carrying out the method In a method of disposing of organic and inorganic substances, the substances are gasified and decomposed in and/or above a liquid bath of a metal alloy under negative pressure, off-gases forming are seized, collected and purified and separated. To prevent... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5294244 | Thermal reclamation method for the recovery of metals from air bag inflators A method of recovering an aluminum alloy and a stainless steel alloy from an air bag inflator 10 that has aluminum alloy parts, including an aluminum alloy housing 12 and non-aluminum alloy parts, including a non-aluminum gas filter 18. The non-aluminum p... | 03/15/1994 |
