Patents by Inventor Roger Deblock

Roger Deblock 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 the treatment and recovery of mineral fiber or glass waste
    Patent number: 5207572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus treating waste comprising introducing a glass or mineral fiber substrate (7) contaminated with organic materials into a chamber (1) of a furnace by means of a conveyor belt (4), subjecting it to a gas consisting of a neutral gas and between 0 and 10% by volume of oxygen, heated to a temperature below the melting temperature of the waste substrate in order to pyrolyze the organic materials, and recovering the waste substrate. This apparatus has particular application to the recovery of the vitreous material forming the waste substrate, in order to recycle it for use in a glass melting furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: Isover Saint-Gobain
    Inventors: Roger Deblock, Petrus J. H. D. Bakx
  • Method and apparatus for the treatment and recovery of mineral fiber or glass waste
    Patent number: 5156545
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating waste comprising introducing a glass or mineral fiber substrate (7) contaminated with organic materials into the chamber (1) of a furnace by means of a conveyor belt (4), subjecting it to a gas consisting of a neutral gas and between 0 and 10% by volume of oxygen, heated to a temperature below the melting temperature of the waste substrate in order to pyrolyze the organic materials, and recovering the waste substrate. This method has particular application to the recovery of the vitreous material forming the waste substrate, in order to recycle it for use in a glass melting furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Isover Saint-Gobain
    Inventors: Roger Deblock, Petrus J. H. D. Bakx