BATTERY RECYCLING
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Abstract
In a method of recycling sealed batteries, the batteries are shredded to form a shredded feedstock. The shredded feedstock is heated above ambient temperature and rolled to form a dried material. The dried material is screen separated into a coarse fraction and a powder fraction and the powder fraction is output. A system for recycling sealed cell batteries comprises an oven with a first conveyor extending into the oven. A rotatable tunnel extends within the oven from an output of the first conveyor. The tunnel has a spiral vane depending from its inner surface which extends along a length of the tunnel. A second conveyor is positioned below an output of the rotatable tunnel.
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20 Claims
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1-14. -14. (canceled)
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15. A system for recycling sealed cell batteries, comprising:
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an oven; a first conveyor extending into said oven; a rotatable tunnel with a spiral vane depending from an inner surface of said tunnel extending along a length of said tunnel, said rotatable tunnel disposed within said oven and extending from an output of said first conveyor; a second conveyor below an output of said rotatable tunnel. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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