Our look at recent industry-related patents includes details on a recycling-friendly label adhesive and a plastic aerosol dispenser that can be recycled.
Ardee, Ireland’s Mcor Technologies Ltd. was awarded Patent No. 9,278,370 for a recycling-friendly label adhesive.
A method of recycling floor coverings such as carpet is the subject of Patent No. 9,284,431, given to Clariant International Ltd., headquartered in Muttenz, Switzerland.
Patent No. 9,284,694, concerning a method of making road-bed material in part from scrap polyurethane, was awarded to Redding, Calif.-based Technisoil Industrial LLC.
Ansfelden, Austria’s Erema Engineering Recycling was given Patent Nos. 9,289,774, 9,289,919 and 9,296,128 for various pieces of equipment for processing scrap plastic materials.
A component of a reverse vending machine is the subject of Patent No. 9,292,991, awarded to Shelton, Conn.-based Tomra North America.
Patent No. 9,296,127, concerning a method of plastics recovery from durable goods, was given to Nottinghamshire, Great Britain’s MBA Polymers.
Cincinnati-headquartered Procter & Gamble developed a recyclable plastic aerosol dispenser and was awarded Patent No. 9,296,550.
A method of making polyester film from recovered PET is the subject of Patent No. 9,296,868, given to Osaka, Japan’s Toyobo Co. Ltd.
For more information on these or any patents, please consult the U.S. Patent Office database at patft.uspto.gov.