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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2003
Applicants:
W. Novis Smith, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Terry Adams, Anaheim, CA (US);
Inventors:
W. Novis Smith, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Terry Adams, Anaheim, CA (US);
Assignee:
Toxco Inc, Anaheim, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D011/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for recovering and recycling expensive and hazardous components from capacitors containing an electrolyte salt dissolved in an aprotic organic solvent. The method includes disintegrating a plurality of capacitor casings and their contents into fragments and forming an aqueous slurry of water insoluble fragments, filtering fractionally distilling the filtrate to remove the solvent as a distillate and recovering the electrolyte salt.