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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Kazuo Ichikawa, Fuji, JP;
Mitsuo Owashi, Numazu, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuo Ichikawa, Fuji, JP;
Mitsuo Owashi, Numazu, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 73/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B29C 39/02 (2006.01); B32B 43/00 (2006.01); B29B 7/00 (2006.01); D01D 5/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of molding a toner bottle including separating polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles that have not accommodated oily or colored materials from retrieved PET bottles grinding the separated PET bottles to obtain a flake PET material of which not less than 80% has a form from a triangle to an octagon with a size not greater than 8 mm 8 mm, washing and drying the flake PET material to obtain a flake PET molding material and molding the flake PET molding material to make a toner bottles.