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Method of recycling steel belted tires

CA 1338567 C · Owner: Westinghouse Electric Corporation · Inventors: Dighe, Shyam Vasant

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A process for recycling steel belted tires by shredding the tires in multiple stages and separating the rubber from the rubber encrusted steel until the rubber encrusted steel is about 50% steel and charging a plasma fired cupola with the rubber encrusted steel coke, and, limestone, melting the steel and adding dolomite as a desulfurizing agent in the plasma torch feed nozzle to make a low sulfur iron.

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  • Granted September 3, 1996. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 3, 2013.
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FiledAugust 1, 1989
GrantedSeptember 3, 1996
Term endedSeptember 3, 2013
Patent numberCA 1338567 C
Classification (IPC)C22B7/00 +2 more

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19901993199619992002200520082011Application filedAug 1, 1989Patent grantedSep 3, 1996Term endedSep 3, 2013

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