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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:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2004
Applicants:
Peter Anthony Smith, Stafford, GB;
Adam J. Koffler, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Philip Mark Smith, Stafford, GB;
Inventors:
Peter Anthony Smith, Stafford, GB;
Adam J. Koffler, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Philip Mark Smith, Stafford, GB;
Assignee:
Next-Tec, Ltd., Telford, Shorshires, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides, e.g., methods to recycle and/or reduce plastic, non-plastic, or a combination thereof, from a waste stream. The methods of the present invention include contacting the plastic waste with infrared (IR) energy at one or more frequencies and at one or more intensities, over a period of time effective to heat plastic present in the plastic waste.