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Compartmentalized pellet for improved contaminant removal

US7931968B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 17, 2006
Grant dateApr 26, 2011
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31786
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention is to an improved method for cleaning contaminated polymer when that polymer is to be blended with clean material. The method involves combining the contaminated material and the clean material in a compartmentalized pellet wherein the contaminated material is placed in the outermost compartment, the clean material is placed in an inner compartment and then subjecting the pellet to an extraction process.

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