Delaminating Tire (e.g., Tread From Carcass, Etc.) Patents (Class 156/928)
  • Patent number: 8863809
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a method and system for recycling a cured composite laminate material into a delaminated recyclate that maintains a fiber volume fraction and a lamina level fiber alignment substantially the same as the cured composite laminate material. The method provides a cured composite laminate material having a fiber volume fraction and a lamina level fiber alignment. The cured composite laminate material undergoes solvent soak preconditioning, liquid solvent removal, pre-heating, and rapid heating with phase change delamination of the cured composite laminate material to obtain the delaminated recyclate that maintains a fiber volume fraction and a lamina level fiber alignment substantially the same as the cured composite laminate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Panagiotis Emanuel George, Kelsi Hurley, Erika Carter
  • Patent number: 8029643
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing a temporary substrate from an optical disk is disclosed. A holding fixture (102) provides an optical disk supporting surface. A force imparting tool (118) imparts a force against an optical disk wherein a reaction force to the force imparting tool is provided by the supporting surface. The optical disk is flexed to break away and remove a temporary substrate of the optical disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Dan Jay Sanocki, Bang Thai Dinh, Brandon Lu