Apparatus for reclaiming and recycling thermosetting scrap

Claim 1

An improved apparatus for reclaiming and recycling thermosetting plastic scrap which comprises: a pulverizer for grinding said scrap to provide pulverized scrap material, an atomizer for grinding said pulverized scrap material to provide atomized material, a feeding means to supply said pulverized material to said atomizer, a dust collecting device which collects the dust generated in the air during the grinding process in said pulverizer, a purifying means for noxious gases generated, a conveying means for conveying said atomized material to a first hopper, a first feed cylinder beneath said first hopper containing a feed screw and means to run said feed screw at a constant speed, a second hopper for virgin material, a second feed cylinder beneath said second hopper containing a variable speed feed screw, a third hopper for receiving a mixture of said atomized material from said first feed cylinder and said virgin material from said second feed cylinder, and means to control the ratio of atomized material and virgin material discharged into said third hopper by controlling the speed of said variable speed feed screw; further comprising means to hold material which has passed through said pulverizer and before being fed to said atomizer; retaining means for material which has passed through said atomizer located upstream of said conveying means for conveying atomized material to said first hopper.