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US 5,328,104 AGranted
Process for recycling contaminated drums
AssigneeRussell-Stanley Corporation
InventorsWilliam Lima, Earl V. Lind, Philip D. Bartlett
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Abstract
A system and method to shred, transport and reconstruct plastic drums. The drums are loaded into a shredding apparatus that shreds the drums into shreddings. The shreddings are then projected into a compartment in a storage means in a trailer. The loaded storage means is transported to a remote location to be further ground and pelletized for construction into new drums.
Claims16
A process for shredding, transporting and reconstructing plastic containers in which materials were stored comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing temporarily a mobile means for shredding the containers and a mobile means for storing the shredded material at a location where the plastic containers are stored;
- (b) separating the containers based upon polymer type and color;
- (c) loading the separated containers into the mobile means for shredding the containers;
- (d) shredding the separated containers;
- (e) loading the shreddings into one of a plurality of storage compartments in the mobile means for storing the shredded material that is designated for the particular type of polymer and color;
- (f) transporting the mobile means for storing the shredded material to a remote location;
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- (g) reconstructing the separated and shredded material into containers at the remote location.
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A system to shred, transport and reconstruct plastic containers comprised of:
- (a) a mobile means for shredding the containers at a location where the containers are stored;
- (b) a mobile means for storing and transporting the shreddings from the location where the containers are stored to a remote location for reconstruction, comprising a plurality of storage compartments for storing various types of shredded plastics and various colors of shredded plastics;
- (c) means for projecting the shreddings into one of the compartments of the mobile means for storing and transporting the shredded material;
- (d) means for transporting the means for storing and transporting the shredded material from the location where the plastic containers are stored and shredded to a remote location;
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- (e) means for reconstructing the shredded material into containers at the remote location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.