IP Library Granted Patent US 7,846,284
Granted Patent B2
US 7,846,284 · App. 12/316,539 · Granted Dec 7, 2010

Process for recycling scrap of shoe stiffener

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Patent No.
US 7,846,284
App. No.
12/316,539
Granted
Dec 7, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A process for recycling scrap of shoe stiffener comprising the steps of: 1. Kneading the collected scrap of shoe stiffener, having a core layer of TPU resin material (with filler) sandwiched in between two opposite net fabric layers, to be dense clumps; 2. Freezing the dense clumps to be hard frozen clumps; 3. Crushing the hard frozen clumps to be a crushed product including pellets of resin material, and short fibers; and 4. Extruding the crushed product including pellets and short fibers to produce a regenerated core layer; and covering or laminating two net fabric layers on opposite sides of the regenerated core layer to obtain a regenerated shoe stiffener sheet to enhance environmental protection and prevent from wasting of material resources.

Claims (9)

1. A process for recycling scrap of shoe stiffener consisting of a core layer with thermoplastic polyurethane and filler resin materials, an upper and a lower reinforcing net fabric layer having long filaments contained therein and disposed on opposite sides of said core layer, said process comprising the steps of:

(1) Kneading scrap of shoe stiffener, as collected, by a kneader at a temperature of 60° C.˜150° C. and compressing, under cooling, the scrap to be a plurality of dense clumps;

(2) Freezing the dense clumps at a low temperature ranging 0° C.˜−20° C. to be frozen clumps which are hard and brittle at the low temperature;

(3) Crushing the frozen clumps to be a crushed product including pellets of resin materials and short fibers as being cut from the long filaments contained in the upper and low net fabric layers; and

(4) Extruding the crushed product through a T-die of an extender to form a regenerated core layer, and laminating two reinforcing net fabric layers on opposite sides of the regenerated core layer to produce a regenerated shoe stiffener sheet having the core layer sandwiched in between the upper and lower reinforcing net fabric layers.

2. A process for recycling scrap of shoe stiffener consisting of a core layer with thermoplastic polyurethane and filler resin material, an upper and a lower reinforcing net fabric layer having long filaments contained therein and disposed on opposite sides of said core layer, said process comprising the steps of:

(1) Kneading scrap of shoe stiffener, as collected, by a kneader at a temperature of 60° C.˜150° C. and compressing, under cooling, the scrap to be a plurality of dense clumps;

(2) Freezing the dense clumps at a low temperature ranging 0° C.˜−20° C. to be frozen clumps which are hard and brittle at the low temperature; and

(3) Crushing the frozen clumps to be a crushed product including pellets of resin materials and short fibers as being cut from the long filaments contained in the upper and low net fabric layers.

Continuity (1)
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