Briquette and label separation system
CA 2425279 C · Owner: Francis, Evan · Inventors: Moucachen, Tony; Francis, Evan; Christoffersen, Greg
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A system for processing containers, such as post-consumer plastic bottles has a releaser for breaking apart compacted bales of containers and mixing them with steam to aid with the de-clumping process and to promote label release from the containers. The system further includes a separator for receiving the containers from the releaser. The separator has two counter-rotating rollers inclined to the horizontal adapted to urge the labels away from the containers. Beater bars on the rollers assist in tearing away labels from the containers and urging the released labels through established gaps in the separator. Water is not needed to de-clump the bales and de-label the containers as the …
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- Filed April 11, 2003 and granted September 20, 2011. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 11, 2023.
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