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US 10,947,453 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for preparing coir
AssigneeGenus Industries, Inc.
InventorDavid Shoup
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Abstract
A method for processing coir comprising processing dry coir by shredding, hydrating the coir up to a specified moisture content, and pelletizing the coir. An apparatus for pelletizing coir comprising a metal disk having flat, cylindrical openings. A soil additive composition comprising coir, seed, basalt, root stimulant, lime, worm castings, fish meal, molasses, and polymer.
Claims5
A method of processing coir, comprising:
- shredding packaged coir using a set of blades to produce dry, shredded coir;
- screening the dry, shredded coir to allow only shredded coir of a predetermined size to pass;
- cycling material that does not pass the screening back to the shredding;
- hydrating the dry, shredded coir to a predetermined moisture level to produce moist coir;
- compressing the moist coir into a die having holes with openings flat to an upper and lower surfaces of the die and having untapered side walls to produce pellets of coir.
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