Method of recycling tires
OwnerMark Molloyinventor
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Abstract
A method of recycling tires places tires and/or pieces of tires within a casing or mold. A binder (e.g. adhesives and/or pining with screws, nails, nuts and bolts, pins, wire and steel or nylon bands etc) is applied to the tires and/or pieces of tires so that the tires are bound together. A reinforcing means is applied to the tires and/or pieces of tires (e.g. fitting the reinforcing means around, in between and/or through the tires etc). An encapsulating means is melted and poured over the top of the tires and reinforcing means to encapsulate them inside the casing or mold and the encapsulating means. The encapsulating means is allowed to set such that a recycled product is formed.
Claims15
A method of recycling tires comprising the steps of:
- placing at least one of tires and/or pieces of tires within a casing or mold;
- applying binders to the at least one of tires and/or pieces of tires so that the at least one of tires and pieces of tires are bound together wherein the binders are an adhesive or adhesives in combination with metal pins, screws, nails, nuts and bolts, wire and steel and/or nylon bands;
- applying a reinforcing means through the at least one of tires and/or pieces of tires;
- melting and pouring an encapsulating means over the top of the at least one of tires and pieces of tires, binders and the reinforcing means to encapsulate the at least one of tires and pieces of tires, binders and the reinforcing means them inside the casing or mold and the encapsulating means and wherein the encapsulating means is plastic and wherein the encapsulating means is heated to a temperature high enough to soften and melt the encapsulating means such that the encapsulating means becomes moldable so that the encapsulating means it is spread to cover and encapsulate the at least one of tires and pieces of tires, binders and the reinforcing means;
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- causing or allowing the encapsulating means to set such that a recycled product is formed.
A building component having:
- a casing;
- at least one of tires and pieces of tires housed within the casing wherein the at least one of tires and pieces of tires are bound together by a binders wherein the binders are an adhesive or adhesives in combination with metal pins, screws, nails, nuts and bolts, wire and steel or nylon bands;
- a reinforcing means forced through the tires;
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- an encapsulating means encapsulates the at least one of tires and pieces of tires and the binders and the reinforcing means within the casing and wherein the encapsulating means is plastic and had been heated to a temperature high enough to soften and melt the encapsulating means such that the encapsulating means it was moldable and spread to cover and encapsulate the tires, binders and the reinforcing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.