Patent ID: 11931783
Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Field: Environmental technology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A recycle apparatus configured to separate a back sheet from a glass sheet assembly of a photovoltaic module, the recycle apparatus comprising:
a conveyor, comprising a first roller and a second roller opposite to each other;
a flattening device, located aside the first roller and the second roller; and
a cutting tool, located aside the flattening device, wherein the flattening device is located between the first roller and the second roller of the conveyor and the cutting tool;
wherein the first roller and the second roller are configured to press and feed the photovoltaic module to the flattening device for allowing the photovoltaic module to be flattened by the flattening device, and then the flattened photovoltaic module is fed to the cutting tool by the first roller and the second roller for allowing the back sheet to be separated from the glass sheet assembly by the cutting tool;
wherein the recycle apparatus further comprises a heater, the flattening device comprises a first flattening part and a second flattening part opposite to each other, the first flattening part and the second flattening part are configured to press the photovoltaic module, the first flattening part and the second flattening part are respectively located aside the first roller and the second roller, and the heater is disposed on one of the first flattening part and the second flattening part;
wherein the first flattening part has a first curved concave surface, the first curved concave surface faces the first roller, the second flattening part has a second curved concave surface, the second curved concave surface faces the second roller, a distance between the first curved concave surface and the first roller and a distance between the second curved concave surface and the second roller are not less than 0.1 millimeters and not larger than 6 millimeters;
wherein when the first flattening part and the second flattening part press the photovoltaic module, the first flattening part is located closer to the back sheet than the second flattening part, the first flattening part has a first contact surface facing the second flattening part, the first contact surface has an edge located at a side of the first contact surface away from the first roller, the edge of the first contact surface is located at a first reference plane perpendicular to the first contact surface, the cutting tool has a cutting edge, and the cutting edge is located at the first reference plane and located closer to the first contact surface than the second flatting part.