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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald A Fauth, Chesterfield County, VA (US);
Michael A Glagola, Goochland County, VA (US);
John F Krzyston, Chesterfield County, VA (US);
George F Swenck, Henrico County, VA (US);
Assignee:
Reynolds Metals Company, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
209212 ; 198457 ; 209225 ; 209645 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for recycling cans is disclosed. Discrimination of overweight conductive material from acceptable conductive materials from a mixed material input, while maintaining a high level of acceptable material recovery is achieved by control of the input to the separation system, as well as control of the separation mechanism.