Process for reclaiming jelly-filled telecommunication cables
AssigneesWestern Electric Company, Inc., Nassau Recycle Corporation
InventorsSusan H. Carr, Monique A. Schobert, John J. Taylor
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Abstract
A process is disclosed for reclaiming a jelly-filled telecommunication cable. The process comprises the steps of cutting the cable into segments of jelly bearing insulated wires and forming the segments into a slurry heated to a temperature sufficient to soften the jelly. The slurry is milled thereby liberating insulation from the wires with a substantial portion of the softened jelly adhering to the liberated insulation. The jelly-bearing liberated insulation is then separated from the wires.
Claims7
A process for reclaiming a jelly-filled telecommunication cable comprising the steps of:
- (a) cutting the cable into segments of jelly-bearing insulated wires;
- (b) forming a slurry of the segments heated to a temperature sufficient to soften the jelly;
- (c) milling the slurry in a manner so as to shear and thereby liberate insulation from the wires with a substantial portion of the softened jelly adhering to the liberated insulation;
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- (d) separating the jelly-bearing liberated insulation from the wires.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.