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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1992
John C Becker, Valley Steam, NY (US);
John D Cameron, Jr, Rockville Center, NY (US);
William L Cameron, Long Beach, NY (US);
Bryan W Sinram, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
An improved method of recovering recyclable materials from commingled recyclables is described as well as apparatuses for doing same. Ferrous materials recovery is achieved using the unique combination of a magnetic belt and a vibratory conveyor. Other materials are then separated with a light/heavy separator which uses finger screen, air knife, and vibratory means to separate glass from plastics and aluminum prior to conventional handsorting operations. Excess glass unsuitable for recovery is introduced into a trommel processing loop wherein contaminates are removed and the glass reduced to a particulate useful in the production of glasphalt and aggregate. Air emanating from the air knife is filtered in an improved gravity separator for reintroduction to the light/heavy separator.