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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. 09, 1995
Filed:
May. 06, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
George D Ikonomou, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
David K Lo, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
Westvaco Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
162-5 ; 162 29 ; 162 41 ; 162189 ;
Abstract
A process for deinking wastepaper printed with heat fused inks to provide a source of deinked paper which can be reused or repulped and converted into a recycled paper product comprises immersing the wastepaper in a non-aqueous solvent bath containing a solvent capable of dissolving the binder component of the ink, and subjecting the wastepaper to low frequency ultrasound energy to separate the ink particles from the wastepaper. The separated ink particles may be collected magnetically or otherwise and the excess solvent recovered and reintroduced into the solvent bath.