Patents by Inventor Ivar H. Steckel

Ivar H. Steckel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for conditioning baled wastepaper in recycling operations
    Patent number: 5203966
    Abstract: The invention provides an improvement in the quality and quantity of cellulosic fibers recovered in recycling wastepaper contained in waste material packaged in compressed bale form by sufficiently wetting the baled waste material with a liquid that wastepaper cellulosic fibers will soften and swell prior to the waste material being subjected to the recycling pulping operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Recycle Processes Inc.
    Inventors: Willard E. Carlson, Ivar H. Steckel