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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. 31, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael G Tokarski, Dublin, OH (US);
Lester A Roudabush, Delaware, OH (US);
Assignee:
Combibloc, Inc., Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B30B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
100 39 ; 100 35 ; 100 71 ; 100 96 ; 241 22 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for and method of preparing discarded food and beverage packagings for recycling. A moisture absorbent powder is added to the packagings prior to shipment to a recycling facility. The present invention may further include an apparatus for breaking open paperboard packages and then treating the open packages with a chemical additive such as baking soda to reduce microbial activity caused by leftover contents within the discarded packages. The packages may then be compressed and sent to a recycling facility.