Process for dewaxing paper and reclaiming cellulosic fiber

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR TREATING CELLULOSEIC FIBER SHEETS HAVING A NORMALLY SOLID ORGANIC COATING TO SEPARATE SAID COATING FROM SAID SHEETS SO AS TO RENDER SAID SHEETS SUITABLE FOR RECLAMATION OF THEIR CELLULOSIC FIER CONTENT WHICH COMPRISES: PROVING FRAGMENTS OF SAID SHEETS WHICH HAVE A MAXIMUM DIMENSION OF ABOUT 2 INCHES AND A MAXIMUM DIMENSION OF ABOUT 1/8 INCH, FORMING A DRY MIXTURE OF SAID FRAGMENTS WITH A SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY OF GRANULES AND SOLID ABSORBENT WHICH ARE FINER THAN SAID FRAGMENTS AND CONSIST OF PARTICELS WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 20 TO 80 MESH, SAID GRANULES OF ABSORBENT BEING PRESENT IN AMOUNT SUCH THAT IN SAID MIXTURE SAID FRAGMENTS ARE SUSPENDED IN A BED OF SAID GRANULES OF ABSORBENT, AGITATING SAID MIXTUR WHILE MAINTAINING SAID FRAGMENTS IN INTIMATE CONTACT WITH SAID ABSORBENT GRANULES AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENT TO MELT SAID ORGANIC COATING BUT INSUFFICIENT TO SPONTANEOUSLY CHAR SAID CELLULOSIC SHEET, THEREBY TO CAUSE SORPTION OF SAID ORGANIC COATING SUBSTANCE ON SAID GRANULES OF ABSORBENT, THEN SEPARATING SAID FRAGMENTS FROM SAID GRANULES OF ABSORBENT UTILIZING THE DIFFERENCE IN PARTICLE SIZE THEREBETWEEN TO EFFECT THE SEPARATION AND RECOVERING THE FRAGMENTS DEPLETED OR ORGANIC COATING MATERIAL.