Patent · US Expired

Conversion of plastic waste into extrudable pellets

US4015781A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 22, 1974
Grant dateApr 5, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 22, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02W30/62
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for the conversion of plastic waste into usable material, in which a number of rotating knives are arranged at the bottom of a cylindrical space receiving the plastic waste, and in which by deflecting means arranged along the periphery of said space, the plastic waste, while being cut and circulated by the rotating knives, is directed back into the path of said rotating knives.

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