REINFORCED MATERIALS PREPARATION

• Main Authors: AGNES K. POTEPAN, BARRY T. KNIGHT, BILLY BROWN HIBBARD, JOE ALLEN MANN, RICHARD E. WHITE, HOWARD H. BRYANT, FRANS PETER PAUL KOELEVELD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.06.1982
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBONFILAMENTS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; BLASTING; CEMENTS; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS,THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS; CONCRETE; CORRECTING FLUIDS; CYLINDERS; DYES; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FILLING PASTES; FUELS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; HEATING; INKS; LIGHTING; LIME, MAGNESIA; LUBRICANTS; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; MEASURING; MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER,MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES; NATURAL RESINS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; PEAT; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PISTONS; POLISHES; PRELIMINARY TREATMENT OF FIBRES, e.g. FOR SPINNING; PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BESHAPED; PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE; PYROLIGNEOUS ACID; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIALCONTAINING PLASTICS; REFRACTORIES; SEALINGS; SLAG; SPINNING; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; TESTING; TEXTILES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WEAPONS; WOODSTAINS; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL; WORKING-UP; WORKING-UP PITCH, ASPHALT, BITUMEN, TAR

The invention is specifically concerned with an improvement in the process of manufacturing reinforced materials. The reinforced materials are conceived to include a wide variety of materials, the most notable being high density compressed gaskets. The improvement comprises mixing a cut solid (generally a cut fiber) with a body material to produce the reinforced materials. The solid is cut into particulates of highly variable size, the range in the size of the particulates being adjusted to optimize the characteristics of the resulting reinforced material. The cut solid is produced utilizing comminuting machines previously used for the recycle of waste products.