Patent ID: 7341646
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: B29B,B29K,C10B,C10G,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for reclamation and recovery of constituents of discarded vehicle tires and other hydrocarbon based materials including organic and inorganic materials for reuse or environmentally safe disposal, said apparatus comprising: a feed system for transferring rubber products and a catalyst into an inlet of a reactor; one or more elongated low temperature reactor chambers having activation, decomposition, and completion zones, wherein said one or more low temperature reactor chambers each have a helicoid auger for transferring material from the inlet through said reactor and solid product from said reactor to an outlet, and wherein said one or more low temperature reactor chambers are maintained in a vacuum; an inlet and an outlet bin positioned at each end of the one or more low temperature reactor chambers for input, reaction initiation, product decomposition, reaction completion, and extraction of vapor and solid material; and a solid material recovery system.