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US 8,128,010 B2Granted
Waste toner cartridge processing equipment
AssigneeATROS Corporation
InventorYoshimitsu Sabe
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Abstract
In a waste toner cartridge processing equipment (100) including a crushing means (303) for crushing a waste toner cartridge (101) and extracting various materials (106 to 108) constituting the waste toner cartridge, the crushing means (303) performs crushing while spraying water (104).
Claims2
A waste toner cartridge processing equipment, comprising:
- a crushing means for crushing a waste toner cartridge and extracting various materials which constitute the waste toner cartridge;
- and
- a toner separating means for, after dehydration processing of wastewater from the crushing means and adding a solvent to the waste toner to become a gelled state, performing gel separation to extract a pigmented plastic which is the toner main ingredient,
- wherein the crushing means performs crushing while spraying water.
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A waste toner cartridge processing equipment comprising:
- a crushing means for crushing a waste toner cartridge and extracting various materials which constitute the waste toner cartridge;
- a toner separating means for, after dehydration processing of wastewater from the crushing means and adding a solvent to the waste toner to become a gelled state, performing gel separation to extract a pigmented plastic which is the toner main ingredient;
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- a dehydrating means for extracting and dehydrating suspended materials having a low specific gravity from the wastewater with the flocculating agent added;
- wherein the crushing means performs crushing while spraying water,
- wherein the toner separating means, after dehydration and subsequently adding the solvent to the suspended materials, performs gel separation to extract the pigmented plastic which is the toner main ingredient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.