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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2005
Sean Duffy, Charlotte, NC (US);
Warren Blasland, Wellington, FL (US);
Rick Lehman, Princeton, NJ (US);
Sean Duffy, Charlotte, NC (US);
Warren Blasland, Wellington, FL (US);
Rick Lehman, Princeton, NJ (US);
MPH Energy LLC, Rutland, VT (US);
Abstract
Methods of creating a batch of recycled glass from mixed color glass cullet. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving at a glass plant a weight and color composition percentage of a first batch of mixed color cullet. The glass plant also receives a weight and color composition percentage of a second batch of mixed color cullet. The weight and color composition percentage of the first batch and the second batch are combined to generate a combined weight and composition percentage. The combined weight and composition are percentage are used to generate, automatically at a glass plant, a formulation to produce glass of a desired color.