Joe E Brooks, 56Santa Paula, CA

5096046, Mar 17, 1992

May 30, 1990

7/530839

Billy D. Goforth - Fayetteville AR
Charles L. Goforth - Lowell AR
Joe G. Brooks - Junction TX

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. - Springdale AR

A65G 1514

198604

A process for making synthetic wood products from waste wood fiber and recycled plastic material by mixing waste wood fiber having a moisture content of less than about 15% with dry waste plastic material, including low density and/or high density polyethylene; heating and kneading the mixture to form a homogeneous mass; sizing the mass into discrete chunks suitable for use as an extruder feed material; extruding the material to form products having predetermined cross sections; and rolling and cooling the product to prevent deformation of the product shape.

5759680, Jun 2, 1998

Jan 22, 1993

8/008886

Joe G. Brooks - Springdale AR
Billy D. Goforth - Fayetteville AR
Charles L. Goforth - Lowell AR

Advanced Environmetal Recycling Technologies, Inc. - Junction TX

B32B 516

428326

An extruded composite material comprising a discontinuous phase of cellulosic fiber encapsulated in and bonded to a continuous phase of a polymeric component preferably comprising a major portion of recycled polyethylene.

5088910, Feb 18, 1992

Mar 14, 1990

7/491061

Billy D. Goforth - Fayetteville AR
Charles L. Goforth - Lowell AR
Joe G. Brooks - Junction TX

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. - Juntion TX

B29C 4734
B29C 4792

425142

A system for making synthetic wood products from waste wood fiber and recycled plastic material by mixing waste wood fiber having a moisture content of less than about 15% with dry waste plastic material, including low density and/or high density polyethylene; heating and kneading the mixture to form a homogeneous mass; sizing the mass into discrete chunks suitable for use as an extruder feed material; extruding the material to form products having predetermined cross sections; and rolling and cooling the product to prevent deformation of the product shape.

5084135, Jan 28, 1992

Mar 27, 1990

7/499718

Joe G. Brooks - Springdale AR
Billy D. Goforth - Fayetteville AR
Charles L. Goforth - Lowell AR

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. - Springdale AR

D21B 108

162 4

A method for reclaiming plastic and cellulosic fiber from plastic coated waste. The method includes the steps of introducing previously hydropulped plastic coated waste into a size reduction unit to reduce the plastic coated waste to a maximum dimension of about 1-4 inches. The plastic coated waste is then subject to flotation with agitation to separate the plastic from the cellulosic fiber. The cellulosic fiber is then screened, dried, and baled. The plastic is further reduced to a maximum dimension of about 1/2 inches and dewatered. The dewatered plastic is dried to a moisture content of less than 10% and rolled into plastic pellets. This method produces plastic pellets comprising from about 5 to about 10 weight percent cellulosic fiber and less than about 10 weight percent water from hydropulper plastic coating waste.

5100545, Mar 31, 1992

Dec 3, 1990

7/621613

Joe G. Brooks - Springdale AR

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. - Springdale AR

B01D 2102

210194

A separation tank adapted for use in washing and separating recycled polymeric material from contaminants, the separation tank comprising a centrally disposed baffle and being adapted to receive and circulate an aqueous medium around the baffle; transversely mounted, rotatable members adapted to submerge floating material within the aqueous medium; transversely mounted, rotatable members adapted to aggressively agitate the surface of the aqueous medium; and longitudinally spaced sumps disposed in the floor of the tank on the side of the baffle opposite the agitation members to collect contaminants settling out of the aqueous medium; and members adapted to divide the aqueous medium into surface and subsurface portions for the respective recovery of the polymeric material and recirculation of the aqueous medium.

5285973, Feb 15, 1994

Jul 15, 1992

7/914155

Billy D. Goforth - Fayetteville AR
Charles L. Goforth - Lowell AR
Joe G. Brooks - Springdale AR
J. Douglas Brooks - Springdale AR

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. - Springdale AR

B02C 432

241 36

A shredder including a shredder housing having an inside, an outside, side walls, end walls, such that the end walls and side walls are engineered and joined together to maintain tight tolerance within the shredder. The end walls and side walls define a top inlet opening and a bottom outlet opening. Two parallel spaced apart shafts are horizontally aligned with each other and rotationally mounted through the end walls for receiving rotational power. Adjustable speed rotational motors engage each of the shafts for rotating them in counter-rotational directions. A plurality of uniform thickness disk-shaped blades are alternatingly positioned with interposed disk-shaped spacers placed therebetween. The spacers have a thickness slightly thicker than the blades. The blades and spacers are arranged on the shafts and mounted for counter-rotation with the shafts in an interdigitated fashion so that the blades on one of the shafts are aligned with the spacers on the other shaft such that the blades pass side-by-side closely spaced with the blades on the counter-rotating shafts so that close tolerance cutting occurs between the blades.

5096406, Mar 17, 1992

May 31, 1990

7/531234

Joe G. Brooks - Springdale AR
Billy D. Goforth - Fayetteville AR
Charles L. Goforth - Lowell AR

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. - Springdale AR

B29B 732
B29B 790

425205

An extruder assembly for composite materials, the extruder assembly having a barrrel with feed and compression sections, a rotatable screw adapted to convey a composite material through the barrel, at least one fiber alignment means, and a die. The screw diameter in the feed section is approximately twice the screw diameter in the compression section, and the flight spacing in the feed section is approximately twice the flight spacing in the compression section.

5277758, Jan 11, 1994

Mar 20, 1992

7/854231

Joe G. Brooks - Springdale AR
Billy D. Goforth - Fayetteville AR
Charles L. Goforth - Lowell AR
J. Douglas Brooks - Springdale AR

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. - Springdale AR

D21B 114
D21B 130

162 4

A method for recycling waste plastic material, from polymeric film or hydropulper waste, including plastic and cellulosic fiber or organic contaminants. The method includes the steps of introducing the waste plastic material into a size reduction unit, and reducing the size of the waste plastic material to particles having a maximum dimension ranging between about 1 inch and about 8 inches; mechanically hammering and rubbing the plastic material for separating a portion of the cellulosic fiber from the plastic; separating another portion of the cellulosic fiber from the plastic by flotation with agitation; further reducing the particle size of the plastic to a maximum dimension of about 1/2 inch; dewatering the plastic; drying the plastic to a moisture content of less than about 10 weight percent; and rolling the plastic into pellets.