Soil amendment with carpet adhesive granules
AssigneeBroadview Group International, LLC
InventorsStephen Carl Paspek, Joseph Edward Bork, Alan Fredrick Schroeder
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Abstract
Methods of amending soil to improve porosity and reduce compaction are provided. The method includes providing a carpet product. The method further includes separating the carpet product into fiber and granules. The method also includes adding the granules to the soil. The method can also include impacting the carpet product with a rotary impact separator. The method can also include impacting the carpet product with a hammer mill.
Claims20
A method of amending soil to improve porosity and reduce compaction comprising:
- providing a carpet product;
- separating the carpet product into fiber and granules, the granules comprising an organic elastomeric matrix filled with limestone and up to 10 wt % from the carpet product;
- and
- adding the granules to the soil.
A method of amending soil to improve porosity and reduce compaction comprising:
- providing a carpet product;
- impacting the carpet product with a hammer mill;
- after impacting the carpet product, delivering the carpet product to a screen;
- separating the carpet product into fiber and granules, the granules comprising an organic elastomeric matrix filled with limestone and up to 10 wt % from the carpet product;
- admixing the granules with a grass seed;
- and then
- adding the granules to the soil.
A method of amending soil to improve porosity and reduce compaction comprising:
- providing a carpet product;
- impacting the carpet product with a rotary impact separator, the rotary impact separator comprising a housing within which a blunt force instrument, attached to a shaft, is positioned, the rotary impact separator configured to receive the carpet product within the housing and impact the carpet product with the blunt force instrument;
- separating the carpet product into fiber and granules;
- and
- adding the granules to the soil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.