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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2013
Applicant:
National Recovery Technologies, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventor:
Edward J. Sommer, Jr., Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
National Recovery Technologies, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/3563 (2014.01); B07C 5/34 (2006.01); G01N 29/36 (2006.01); G01N 21/359 (2014.01); G01N 21/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/3563 (2013.01); B07C 5/3408 (2013.01); G01N 21/359 (2013.01); G01N 29/36 (2013.01); G01N 21/9081 (2013.01); G01N 2223/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods to improve detection of PET polymer materials within a waste material to be sorted. The methods disclosed allow for municipal solid waste to be separated so that PET polymer materials, including those containing liquids, are separated for recycling, or other purposes. PET polymer materials, such as water bottles which have been disposed of while still containing liquid may now be separated by the enhanced methods disclosed herein.