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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:
May. 24, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald J Christian, Fremont, CA (US);
Chin-Hu Feng, Fremont, CA (US);
Jerry L McComas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrew K Chang, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
FMC Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03B / ; B07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
209-4 ; 209581 ; 209587 ; 209639 ; 241 14 ; 241 24 ; 241 68 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method and apparatus for purification and color sortation of waste glass, a glass beneficiation process and apparatus. The invention crushes the glass into pieces less than 3 inches in size, delables the glass, and then sorts the glass according to the light transmissive properties of the glass utilizing an array of lamps electrically connected to a control module.