Process for creating and bagging animal bedding
AssigneeCustom Wood Fibers & Cedar Mulch, LLC
InventorsAaron Newton, Richard Newton
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Abstract
A method for producing animal bedding is provided. A juniper tree is cut at ground level, the juniper tree having needles and a trunk. The tree is naturally dried until the needles are brown, then ground using a screen less than 3 inches. The ground juniper is hammer milled and dust of 20 mesh minus is extracted from the hammer milled tree, which is then placed in a bagging machine and dust is vacuumed from the juniper tree. The juniper tree is then bagged.
Claims20
A method for producing animal bedding, the method comprising the steps of:
- cutting a juniper tree at ground level, the juniper tree having needles, a trunk and limbs;
- naturally drying the juniper tree until the needles are brown;
- grinding the dried juniper tree using a screen less than 3 inches;
- hammer milling the ground juniper tree;
- extracting dust of 20 mesh minus from the hammer milled tree;
- placing the hammer milled juniper tree in a bagging machine and vacuuming dust from the hammer milled juniper tree;
- and
- bagging the hammer milled juniper tree.
A method for processing juniper trees, the method comprising the steps of:
- cutting the juniper trees at ground level;
- naturally reducing water content of the trees to 20% or less;
- grinding the dried juniper trees;
- hammer milling the ground juniper trees;
- extracting dust of 20 mesh minus from the hammer milled juniper trees;
- vacuuming dust from the hammer milled juniper trees;
- and
- bagging the vacuumed hammer milled juniper trees.
A method of producing animal bedding from juniper trees having a trunk, limbs and needles, the method comprising the steps of:
- naturally drying the juniper trees until the needles are brown;
- grinding the dried trees using a screen less than 3 inches;
- hammer milling the ground juniper trees using a ½ inch screen;
- extracting dust of 20 mesh minus from the hammer milled juniper trees;
- placing the hammer milled juniper trees in a compression bagging machine and vacuuming dust from the hammer milled juniper trees;
- and
- bagging the hammer milled juniper trees in the compression bagging machine.
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