Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for regenerating vulcanized rubber
- Patent Title (中): 硫化橡胶再生装置
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Application No.: US14192612Application Date: 2014-02-27
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Publication No.: US09120244B2Publication Date: 2015-09-01
- Inventor: Sylvain Martel , Stephen Murphy , Patrick Legault
- Applicant: PHOENIX INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Westmount, Quebec
- Assignee: PHOENIX INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY INC.
- Current Assignee: PHOENIX INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Westmount, Quebec
- Agency: Pauly, Devries Smith & Deffner, LLC
- Main IPC: B29B7/16
- IPC: B29B7/16 ; B01F7/00 ; B01F7/04 ; B01F15/00 ; B01F15/06 ; B29B7/12 ; C08L9/06 ; C08L19/00 ; C08L21/00 ; C08K3/06

Abstract:
Disclosed is a regenerated rubber, a method and an apparatus for obtaining regenerated rubbers from vulcanized crumb rubber, such as rubber from scrap. The apparatus is a thermokinetic mixer having the particularity to have an air tight stationary chamber with inner non-uniform surface. The method comprises the steps of raising the speed of the rotor shaft in order to increase a temperature of a mixture made of vulcanized crumb rubber and a lubricant, such as oil, until a devulcanizing temperature is reached; and reducing the temperature of the mixture to a lower temperature during a second period of time. The method of the invention is environmentally friendly or “green” since the regeneration method does not use chemicals, includes a shorter period of treatment at higher temperature avoiding the risks of rubber cracking and spontaneous combustion, and further allowing mass-production of regenerated rubber with lower energy consumption.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140178265A1 APPARATUS FOR REGENERATING VULCANIZED RUBBER Public/Granted day:2014-06-26
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