Method for manufacturing recycled pulp from used sanitary products
US-2017107667-A1 · Apr 20, 2017 · US
Method for manufacturing recycled pulp from used sanitary products
US10626554B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-10626554-B2 |
| Application number | US-201515317410-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Mar 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | Jun 12, 2014 |
| Publication date | Apr 21, 2020 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 2020 |
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A recycled pulp that is reusable sanitary products is efficiently manufactured by recovering pulp fiber from used sanitary products containing the pulp fiber and a polymer absorbent. The method of the present invention comprises: a step applying a mechanical force to the used sanitary products in an aqueous solution containing a polyvalent metal ion or an acidic aqueous solution with a pH of 2.5 or lower and thus degrading the used sanitary products into the pulp fiber and other materials; a step separating the pulp fiber from the mixture of the pulp fiber and other materials that has been formed in the degradation step; and a step treating the pulp fiber thus separated with an ozone-containing aqueous solution with a pH of 2.5 or lower.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A method for manufacturing recycled pulp that can be reused as a sanitary product by recovering pulp fibers from a used sanitary product containing pulp fibers and superabsorbent polymer, comprising the steps of: degrading the used sanitary product into a mixture of pulp fibers and other materials including superabsorbent polymers by allowing a mechanical force to act on the used sanitary product in an acidic aqueous solution having a pH of 2.5 or lower, separating pulp fibers and pulp fibers in which superabsorbent polymers remain from the mixture of pulp fibers and other materials including superabsorbent polymers formed in the degrading step to obtain separated pulp fibers, and treating the separated pulp fibers with an ozone-containing aqueous solution having a pH of 2.5 or lower. 2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the ozone-containing aqueous solution having a pH of 2.5 or lower contains an organic acid. 3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the organic acid is at least one selected from the group consisting of tartaric acid, glycolic acid, malic acid, citric acid, succinic acid and acetic acid. 4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the organic acid is citric acid. 5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration of ozone in the ozone-containing aqueous solution is 1 to 50 ppm by weight. 6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step for dehydrating the separated pulp fibers. 7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the ash content of the recycled pulp is 0.65% by weight or less.
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with ozone · CPC title
Working-up waste paper (mechanical part D21B1/08, D21B1/32) · CPC title
of waste paper · CPC title
- D21H11/14Primary
Secondary fibres (working-up waste paper D21C5/02) · CPC title
Destroying solid waste or transforming solid waste into something useful or harmless · CPC title
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- What does patent US10626554B2 cover?
- A recycled pulp that is reusable sanitary products is efficiently manufactured by recovering pulp fiber from used sanitary products containing the pulp fiber and a polymer absorbent. The method of the present invention comprises: a step applying a mechanical force to the used sanitary products in an aqueous solution containing a polyvalent metal ion or an acidic aqueous solution with a pH of 2.…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Unicharm Corp
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification D21H11/14. Mapped technology areas include Textiles & Paper.
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- Publication date Tue Apr 21 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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