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US 2014/0131488 A1Published application
Systems and methods for separating materials for single stream recycling
AssigneeRe Community Holdings II, Inc.
InventorsJames W. Bohlig, Sean P. Duffy
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a quantity of cullet having at least two colors of glass from an input stream of recyclable material and non-recyclable material. In an embodiment, the system includes a sortation station, a screening apparatus, an air classifier, and a crushing apparatus to provide as output substantially pure cullet having at least two colors.
Claims22
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A system for separating materials for single stream recycling, the system comprising:
- a first screen adapted to separate out a first material from an input stream of mixed materials;
- a second screen adapted to separate out a second material, different than the first material, from the input stream;
- a sorter adapted to separate out a third material, different than the first and second materials, from the input stream;
- a magnetic separation mechanism adapted to magnetically separate out a fourth material, different than the first, second, and third materials, from the input stream;
- and
- a crushing mechanism adapted to crush a fifth material, different than the first, second, third, and fourth materials, into smaller pieces,
- wherein at least a portion of each of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth materials is recyclable.
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A method for separating materials for single stream recycling, the method comprising the steps of:
- removing a first material from an input stream of mixed materials using a first screen;
- removing a second material, different than the first material, from the input stream using a second screen;
- removing a third material, different than the first and second materials, from the input stream using a sorter;
- magnetically separating a fourth material, different than the first, second, and third materials, from the input stream;
- and
- crushing a fifth material, different than the first, second, third, and fourth materials, into smaller pieces,
- wherein at least a portion of each of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth materials is recyclable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.