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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1996
Fujio Yabuki, Saitama, JP;
Yukio Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kanehira, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for collecting a cathode-ray tube (2) from a waste cathode-ray tube device (1) and recycling the cathode-ray tube (2) includes a conveyor (15) having a moving pallet (21) for detachably holding a panel portion (10) of the cathode-ray tube (2) by vacuum adsorption portions (63a) through (63d) and sequentially conveying the panel portion (10) to a predetermined position, a device for leaving only the cathode-ray tube (2) by scrapping the waste cathode-ray tube device (1) held on the moving pallet (21) and separating and removing a device housing (4) from the waste cathode-ray tube device (1), and a conveyor for conveying the separated device housing (4). According to an apparatus for and method of collecting a used cathode-ray tube, a cathode-ray tube can be collected from a waste cathode-ray tube device easily and inexpensively, and natural resources can be recycled.