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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:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas E Ricciardelli, Hingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Selectech, Incorporated, Hingham, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
241 20 ; 241 2411 ; 241 33 ; 241 41 ; 241D / ;
Abstract
Feed stock is made from an assortment of post-consumer polymer articles by assembling those articles of the assortment which are suitable for recycling into feed stock. The assemblage is granulated into particles of a size suitable for feed stock. A detergent solution of predetermined concentration is formed for cleaning the granulated particles. The solution is added to the particles during the granulating step to mix the detergent solution with the articles to facilitate cleaning during granulating.