Patent · US Expired

Reuse of plastic

US5203067A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 22, 1991
Grant dateApr 20, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 22, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49821
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Plastics having coatings are reused by first removing the coatings as by shaving or treatment with solvents or jets of hot liquid or vapor that melt the coatings and blow them away. Thin plastic pieces like compact discs are passed through surface milling apparatus which shaves off the coatings. After the shaving, the discs are brushed while rotating around their centers.

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