Method and apparatus for creating rubber crumb from vehicle tires
OwnerLarry Garnerinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are described for creating rubber crumb from rubber vehicle tires. The method provides for the soaking of a vehicle tire in a solvent, removal of the tire from the solvent, movement of the tire by a conveyor to an apparatus that applies physical pressure to the tire, while situated upon a circular screen which allows the physical pressure applied to fragment the tire into its component parts, pressing the rubber components through the screen with any remaining liquid and allowing the non rubber components to be removed for recycling purposes or to be discarded. The apparatus applies physical pressure to separate the rubber and non rubber components from one another.
Claims11
An apparatus for creating rubber crumb from pre-softened rubber tires or chips comprising;
- a circular ring having an open top and an open bottom to allow insertion of the pre-softened rubber tire into said open ring top for capture of said tire therein, a circular plate mounted adjacent to said open ring bottom to support the tire thereon, said plate being rotatable and having a plurality of apertures therethrough, and means for applying compression to force the tire against said plate apertures for fragmentation of the tire into rubber crumb and non rubber components.
An apparatus for creating rubber crumb from pre-softened rubber tires or chips comprising:
- a circular ring having an open top and an open bottom to allow insertion of the pre-softened rubber tire into said open ring top for capture of said tire therein,
- a plurality of arm members where each arm member at its distal end possesses a circular ring,
- a rotating axle member where one or more arm members are mounted,
- a stand upon which the rotating axle member is mounted,
- a circular plate mounted adjacent to said open ring bottom to support the tire thereon, said plate being rotatable and having a plurality of apertures therethrough, and
- means for applying compression to force the tire against said plate apertures for fragmentation of the tire into rubber crumb and non rubber components.
A method for separating rubber components of tires comprised of rubber components, fabric components and metal components, the method comprising:
- soaking a tire having a rubber component in an environmentally friendly solvent to produce a softened tire, placing said softened tire on a rotatable grater surface, applying pressure to said softened tire to force said softened tire against said rotatable grater surface to shred said rubber components of said softened tire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.