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Title:
METHOD FOR TREATING EXTREMELY SMALL PARTICLES OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006020603
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method for treating extremely small particles of recycled polyethylene terephthalate comprises providing a quantity of RPET particles having an average mean particle size ranging from about 0.0005 inch to about 0.05 inch in diameter, heating the RPET particles to a temperature sufficient to cause at least a portion of the RPET particles to adhere to one another, and forming the adhered RPET particles into pellets, said pellets having substantially the same average surface-to-volume ratio as the bulk, un-adhered RPET particles.

Inventors:
HAYWARD DONALD W (US)
WITHAM DANIEL L (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/028208
Publication Date:
June 01, 2006
Filing Date:
August 09, 2005
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Assignee:
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES INT (US)
HAYWARD DONALD W (US)
WITHAM DANIEL L (US)
International Classes:
C08F6/00
Foreign References:
US5393473A1995-02-28
Other References:
See also references of EP 1776392A4
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