Apparatus and Method for Separating Paper from Mixed Recyclable Materials

摘要

A paper separating apparatus is provided for mixed recyclable material. The apparatus includes a frame, an agitating roll, a first screw conveyor roll, a second screw conveyor roll, a first opening, a second opening, and at least one drive motor. Three-dimensional mixed recyclable material is delivered along the rolls from the entrance end to the exit end, and paper is dropped through one of the first opening and the second opening. A method of separating paper from three-dimensional mixed recyclable material is also provided.

主权项

1. A paper separating apparatus for mixed recyclable material, comprising:
a frame having an entrance end and an exit end; an agitating roll carried for rotation in a prone position by the frame extending between the entrance end and the exit end, the agitating roll having an array of projections extending radially outwardly from an outer surface of the agitating roll; a first screw conveyor roll carried by the frame adjacent to and parallel with the agitating roll and having a raised helical ridge extending radially outwardly from an outer surface of the roll in one of a clockwise and a counterclockwise; a second screw conveyor roll carried by the frame adjacent to and parallel with the first screw conveyor roll and having a raised helical ridge extending radially outwardly from an outer surface of the roll in one of a clockwise and a counterclockwise; a first opening configured between the agitating roll and the first conveyor roll to provide a first paper withdraw slot there between; a second opening configured between the first conveyor roll and the second conveyor roll to provide a second paper withdraw slot there between; and at least one drive motor coupled to drive the agitator roll, the first conveyor roll, and the second conveyor roll in mutual co-rotation, a top surface of the agitating roll rotating toward the first screw conveyor roll and a top surface of the first screw conveyor roll rotating toward the second screw conveyor roll, and the helical ridges of the first conveyor roll and the second conveyor roll configured to urge mixed recyclable material above the agitating roll, the first screw conveyor roll, and the second screw conveyor roll, and delivery along the first conveyor roll and the second conveyor roll from the entrance end towards the exit end; wherein three-dimensional mixed recyclable material is delivered along the rolls from the entrance end to the exit end, and paper is dropped through one of the first opening and the second opening.