Plastics sorting apparatus
US6365857B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 31, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02W30/62
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A conveyor (3) feeds batches of plastic chips (2) in feeding amounts W1 to a charging device (4). After the plastic chips (2) have been stirred and charged inside the charging device (4) for a certain period of time T, they are ejected in batches and fed continuously by a screw feeder (20) to a drum electrode (5) at a feeding amount per unit time W2. The feeding amount per unit time W2 is adjusted so as to satisfy W1/T≦W2≦v×B×H×D where v is the rotation speed of the drum electrode (5), B is a width of the drum electrode (5), H is an average thickness of the plastic chips (2) that have been fed onto the drum electrode (5), and D is a bulk density of the plastic chips (2).
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