Apparatus for separating components of rubber vehicle tires
AssigneeD & R Recyclers, Inc.
InventorDarrel Rutherford, Sr.
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Abstract
An apparatus is described for separating components of rubber vehicle tires. This apparatus has two, substantially parallel platforms, one above the other, and a means for varying the separation between them. A rubber tire to be processed is positioned on the lower platform on a rotatable portion thereof. The upper platform has mounted thereon a plurality of rotary nozzles through which high-pressure fluid is directed onto said tire, fragmenting the rubber components from said tire and flushing them away with the effluent stream of fluid while leaving substantially clean steel cord behind on said lower platform.
Claims14
An apparatus for separating components of rubber vehicle tires comprising;
- a) an upper platform having securely attached thereto at least one downwardly directed nozzle for passing high-pressure fluid therethrough;
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- b) a lower platform having said rubber vehicle tire located horizontally substantially on the central portion of the upper surface of said lower platform, said lower platform located below said upper platform and substantially parallel therewith, and wherein said lower platform has a plurality of holes therethrough, said holes having size and location permitting said fluid and fragmented components of said tire to pass while retaining on the upper surface of said lower platform the substantially unfragmented components of said tire;
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- c) a means for varying the separation between said upper and said lower platforms;
- d) a means for directing said high-pressure fluid onto substantially all regions of said tire;
- e) a means for rotating the tire containing central portion of said lower platform and said tire thereon about a vertical axis of rotation passing substantially through the center of said tire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.