Title:
APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR DEMANUFACTURING MATERIALS FROM COMPOSITE MANUFACTURES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/054928
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A process for separating carpet fibers from carpet backing uses a grinder of the type having a rotor with a plurality of vertically spaced cutter discs and a fan disc below the cutter discs. Sections of carpet are fed into the grinder which grinds the carpet, separating the fibers from the backing and breaking the backing into relatively small particles. The grinder is connected with a series of ginning equipment for removing the ground backing from the fibers.
Inventors:
WATTS KYLE T (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/057528
Publication Date:
July 19, 2012
Filing Date:
October 24, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
WATTS KYLE T (US)
International Classes:
B02C18/06; B02C18/16; B02C23/08
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2011002752A1 | 2011-01-06 |
Foreign References:
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
GZYBOWSKI, Michael, S. (524 S. Main Street Suite 20, Ann Arbor MI, US)
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