Waste plastic conversion
OwnerJonathan Cookinventor
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Abstract
Waste plastic can be converted into rock for decorative and utilitarian applications. A combination of sand and waste plastic is added into a tumbling chamber, and the tumbling chamber is rotated. The combination of sand and waste plastic is heated while rotating the tumbling chamber to form conglomerates. When a desired size of the conglomerates is achieved, the heating is stopped. Dry cement is then added to the tumbling chamber while continuing to rotate the tumbling chamber.
Claims12
A method of converting waste plastic into rock for decorative and utilitarian applications using a waste plastic conversion machine including a base frame, a supporting bracket secured to the base frame, a trunnion wheel secured on the supporting bracket, a tumbling chamber including a trunnion ring, and a heat source secured on the supporting bracket and positionable adjacent the tumbling chamber, the method comprising:
- (a) adding a combination of sand and waste plastic into a tumbling chamber;
- (b) rotating the tumbling chamber with the trunnion ring engaging the trunnion wheel;
- (c) heating the combination of sand and waste plastic with the heat source while performing step (b) to form conglomerates until a desired size of the conglomerates is achieved, wherein step (c) is practiced at a higher temperature for larger sized conglomerates;
- (d) smoothing exterior surfaces of the conglomerates by continuing to rotate the tumbling chamber;
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- (e) adding a finishing material to the tumbling chamber while continuing to rotate the tumbling chamber.
A method of converting waste plastic into rock for decorative and utilitarian applications, the method comprising:
- (a) adding a combination of sand and waste plastic into a tumbling chamber;
- (b) rotating the tumbling chamber;
- (c) heating the combination of sand and waste plastic with a heat source while performing step (b) to form conglomerates until a desired size of the conglomerates is achieved, wherein step (c) is practiced at a higher temperature for larger sized conglomerates;
- (d) when a desired size of the conglomerates is achieved, discontinuing the heating;
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- (e) adding a finishing material to the tumbling chamber while continuing to rotate the tumbling chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.