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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Dalton, GA (US);
Inventors:
John J. M. Rees, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Leonard Lee Hixon, Jr., Lookout Mountain, GA (US);
Marten Hutchison, Tunnel Hill, GA (US);
Assignee:
COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY, Omaha, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C 18/00 (2006.01); B02C 23/08 (2006.01); D21B 1/06 (2006.01); B29B 17/04 (2006.01); B02C 25/00 (2006.01); B02C 23/18 (2006.01); B29B 17/02 (2006.01); B29K 23/00 (2006.01); B29K 309/00 (2006.01); B03B 9/06 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29K 77/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C 18/0084 (2013.01); B02C 18/0076 (2013.01); B02C 23/08 (2013.01); B02C 23/18 (2013.01); B02C 25/00 (2013.01); B29B 17/02 (2013.01); B29B 17/04 (2013.01); D21B 1/061 (2013.01); B02C 18/00 (2013.01); B03B 2009/067 (2013.01); B29B 2017/0476 (2013.01); B29K 2023/12 (2013.01); B29K 2077/00 (2013.01); B29K 2309/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7322 (2013.01); Y02W 30/622 (2015.05); Y02W 30/667 (2015.05);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to the reclaiming of carpet waste material. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and system for reclaiming carpet components such as yarn, tufting primary, binder, and secondary backing from post-industrial and post-consumer carpet waste in a substantially continuous flow process.