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US 9,403,167 B2Granted
Apparatus and process for demanufacturing materials from composite manufactures
AssigneeEnergy Creates Energy LLC
InventorKyle T. Watts
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Abstract
A process for separating carpet fibers from carpet backing uses a grinder of the type having a rotor with a plurality of vertically spaced cutter discs and a fan disc below the cutter discs. Sections of carpet are fed into the grinder which grinds the carpet, separating the fibers from the backing and breaking the backing into relatively small particles. The grinder is connected with a series of ginning equipment for removing the ground backing from the fibers.
Claims8
A grinder comprising:
- a housing having a plurality of sidewall sections, a top wall and a bottom wall;
- a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing between the sidewall sections;
- a cylinder encasing at least a portion of the shaft;
- a first cutter disc comprising a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, said first cutter disc being mounted on the shaft and rotatable therewith;
- a plurality of hammers mounted on the first cutter disc top surface and extending outwardly past an outer edge of the first cutter disc;
- angle deflectors mounted on the sidewall sections, the angle deflectors having a top surface extending inwardly from the sidewall section and having an edge in general alignment with the outer edge of the first cutter disc and defining a gap therebetween, such that the angle deflector top surface is planarly aligned with the bottom surface of the first cutter disc, the hammers each rotating in closely spaced relation to the top surface of the angle deflectors;
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- a fan assembly mounted inside the housing below the first cutter disc and spaced downwardly therefrom, the fan assembly comprising:
- a fan disc secured to the shaft and rotatable therewith, the fan disc having a direction of rotation and an upper surface;
- and, one or more fan blades connected to the upper surface of the fan disc and haying a web extending upwardly from the fan disc.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.