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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
Fater S.p.a., Pescara, IT;
Marcello Somma, Pescara, IT;
Giorgio Vaccaro, Pescara, IT;
Jan K. Michalek, Pataskala, OH (US);
Theodore Thomas, Columbus, OH (US);
FATER S.p.A., Pescara, IT;
Abstract
A process for treating used absorbent sanitary products, comprising the steps of providing a rotary cylindrical autoclave having an inner surface and two ends, at least one of which terminates in a hatch that can be opened to enable access to said autoclave and sealably closed to enable pressurization of said autoclave; loading said autoclave with closed absorbent sanitary products; heating and pressurizing the autoclave to a sterilization temperature and at the same time driving the autoclave in rotation about a longitudinal axis thereof, wherein said step of heating and pressurizing the autoclave envisages a first temperature regime for the products contained in the autoclave and a second temperature regime, higher than the first temperature regime, for said inner surface.