- Patent Title: Process for manufacturing recycled pulp from used sanitary goods
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Application No.: US15024713Application Date: 2014-09-04
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Publication No.: US10280560B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Masashi Yamaguchi , Takayoshi Konishi
- Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Ehime
- Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Ehime
- Agency: Hauptman Ham, LLP
- Priority: JP2013-225937 20131030
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/073345 WO 20140904
- International Announcement: WO2015/064209 WO 20150507
- Main IPC: D21C5/02
- IPC: D21C5/02 ; D21C9/00 ; B29B17/02 ; D21C3/04 ; B29L31/48

Abstract:
Provided is a process for recovering pulp fiber from used sanitary goods which contain both pulp fiber and a superabsorbent polymer and producing a recycled pulp which contains little ash and which is reusable for sanitary goods. This process comprises: a calcium treatment step for treating used sanitary goods with a water-soluble calcium compound and thereby conducting the dehydration of a superabsorbent polymer contained in the used sanitary goods; a disintegration step for applying a physical force to the used sanitary goods to disintegrate the used sanitary goods into pulp fiber and other materials; a separation step for separating the pulp fiber from a pulp fiber/other materials mixture which has been formed in the disintegration step; a disinfecting step using a disinfectant; and a citric acid treatment step for subjecting the separated pulp fiber to treatment with an aqueous citric acid solution at an acidic pH.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160237617A1 PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING RECYCLED PULP FROM USED SANITARY GOODS Public/Granted day:2016-08-18
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