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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2021
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Bruce Roger Debruin, Gray, TN (US);
James Stewart Nelson, Kingsport, TN (US);
Brandon G Head, Jonesborough, TN (US);
Robert Ryan Stanley, Church Hill, TN (US);
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Abstract
Facilities and systems for handling of particulate plastic solids obtained from a mixed waste plastic separation system are provided. The facilities comprise at least one enclosed structure and an elongate overhead conveyor associated with the at least one enclosed structure that is configured to selectively deposit the particulate plastic solids into a plastic solids transport system that interconnects the handling facility and a plastic chemical recycling facility and/or at least one inventory pile within the at least one enclosed structure.