Patent ID: 8979005
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A61L,B02C,B09B,B29B,B29K,B29L,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A process for treating used absorbent sanitary products, comprising the steps of: providing a rotary cylindrical autoclave having an inner surface and two ends; opening a hatch disposed on the cylindrical autoclave to enable access to the cylindrical autoclave, wherein the hatch may be sealably closed to enable pressurization of the cylindrical autoclave; loading the cylindrical autoclave with absorbent sanitary products; heating to a sterilization temperature and pressurizing the cylindrical autoclave and at the same time driving the cylindrical autoclave in rotation about a longitudinal axis thereof; and providing inside the cylindrical autoclave a plurality of high-density unsecured tearing elements designed to facilitate thermal and physical destructuring of the absorbent sanitary products.