Environmentally safe apparatus for storage of discarded tire rubber
AssigneeInterstate Recycling Corp.
InventorJoseph J. Solon
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Abstract
Flat strips cut from discarded tires are stacked and stored as bulk rubber on pallets for easy handling, transport by fork lift trucks and storage in outside compacted storage space without accumulating water where mosquitos can breed. Typically flat rectangular longitudinal tread strips are folded and stacked in a plurality of abutting stacks about five feet high for rubber-to-rubber engagement in configurations extending substantially to opposite edges of a pallet platform, thus storing about a ton of bulk rubber per pallet. The pallets then may be transported and stored in compact stacks at outside locations without accumulating water and breeding mosquitos.
Claims24
The environmentally safe method of storing and handling batches of rubber pieces salvaged from discarded tire carcasses in a bulk storage configuration obtained at low cost for compact storage of residual bulk rubber at bulk storage sites from which bulk rubber may be reclaimed in due course for preparation of rubber products, comprising in combination the steps of:
- cutting reclaimed tire carcasses into sets of substantially flat storable sections, preparing pallets with loading platform areas of specified length and width dimensions for retaining a plurality of stacks of said substantially flat sections in a storage configuration, and stacking a plurality of the storable sections into said stacks in compact rubber-to-rubber interfacing configurations with frictional resistance against movement of the sections lateral to the pallet platform area thereby to facilitate transportation on said pallets for storing and recalling the pallets from designated storage areas of confined space.
The environmentally safe method of converting discarded tire carcasses into reclaimable recycled bulk rubber in a configuration that precludes the accumulation of water when stored in an outside site, comprising in combination the steps of cutting flat treaded strips of common widths from said carcasses in a longitudinal configuration, stacking the flat treaded strips into a stable self-supporting rubber-to-rubber interfacing interlocked configuration precluding accumulation of water and resisting lateral movement of the strips upon a pallet loading platform adapted for transport by a fork lift truck, and transporting pallets carrying the interlocked treaded strips with fork lift trucks.
Environmentally safe, low assembly cost apparatus for storing and handling discarded tire carcasses in a configuration for storing outside without the accumulation of water, comprising in combination:
- a pallet comprising a loading platform of specified width and length dimensions, and having a configuration for transport by a fork lift truck, and
- a plurality of reclaimed treaded tire carcass strips cut from an annular portion of the discarded tire carcasses after removing opposing sidewalls, wherein the annular portion is configured to form flat treaded strips with a length and width for stacking in an interlocked rubber-to-rubber interfacing pattern longitudinally upon said platform along one of the specified dimensions in configuration precluding accumulation of water.
The environmentally safe low cost configuration of reclaimed rubber from a plurality of discarded tire carcasses into reclaimable recycled bulk rubber comprising in combination:
- a plurality of flat treaded strips cut from annular strips of the carcasses after removing sidewalls, which flat treaded strips are stacked upon pallet loading platforms as a stable self-supporting body in an interlocked rubber-to-rubber configuration precluding bolts, and cages, which self-supporting body precludes accumulation of water and stably ride upon loading platforms of pallets when lifted and transported by fork lift trucks.
The method of bulk storage in outdoor sites of discarded tire rubber without accumulation of water comprising the steps of:
- cutting rubber portions of reclaimed tire carcasses in the format into flat treaded strips, and
- stacking the flat strips on pallets in a plurality of abutting rubber-to-rubber contact stacks of the treaded strips interlocked in a frictional format for withstanding lateral movement when travelling upon a loading platform of a pallet transported by a fork lift truck for bulk storage in outdoor locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.