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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
May. 31, 2019
Miniwiz Co., Ltd., Taipei, TW;
Chian-Chi Huang, Taipei, TW;
Tzu-Wei Liu, Taipei, TW;
Ling-Hsiang Weng, Taipei, TW;
Gerardo Miguel Rios Sánchez, Monterrey, MX;
MINIWIZ CO., LTD., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for recycling cigarette waste, so that the reusable material (e.g., cellulose acetate, CA) in the cigarette waste may be isolated and reused. The cigarette waste is composed of a filter and a non-filter part. The apparatus includes at least, an adjusting unit and a treatment unit, respectively coupled to each other via a conveying member. The adjusting unit is configured to adjust the orientation of each cigarette so that each cigarette is aligned in sequence with the same orientation. The treatment unit is configured to cut out the non-filter part of each cigarette, and physically separating CA from the remaining part of the filter of each cigarette. Also disclosed herein is a method of recycling cigarette waste by use of the present apparatus.