US Patent Issued to CAN CLEANTECH on Sept. 8 for "Removing vulcanized rubber from metal components" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,448, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to CAN CLEANTECH (Fredericton, Canada).

"Removing vulcanized rubber from metal components" was invented by Brian H. Harrison (Kanata, Canada), Hurdon A. Hooper (Fredericton, Canada), Matthew Ness (Fredericton, Canada) and Alex Kyle (Kanata, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vulcanized rubber can be removed from a metal component such as a pipe by exposing the vulcanized rubber to a swelling agent. The vulcanized rubber absorbs the swelling agent, causing the rubber to swell and put stress on the bond between the rubber and metal. After a sufficient period of time, the vulcanized rubber can be ...