Method of forming a compost filter sock
AssigneeMkb Company
InventorsMichael A. Zock, Jeffrey Karl Szebalskie
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Abstract
A hybrid filtration sock comprises a mesh tube filled with a blended filler comprising 60%-90% fibrous volumizing filler and 10%-40% woody organic filler. The fibrous volumizing filler 12 includes straw, grasses, pine straw, corn stalks, natural fibers and weeds and combinations thereof. The woody organic filler is ground or chipped wood based material from land clearing, yard waste, pallets and clean wood debris or clean wood scraps, comprising a PH of between 5.0 and 8.0, with a particle size wherein 99% passes a 2 in (50 mm) sieve and a maximum of 43% passes a ⅜ in (9.5 mm) sieve, and <3.5% by dry weight of inert or foreign man made materials.
Claims19
A method of forming a compost filter sock comprising the steps of:
- supplying filler material to a gravity feed distributing hopper wherein the filler material comprises 60%-90% fibrous volumizing filler and 10%-40% woody organic filler;
- feeding the filler material to a conveying mixing auger and homogenizing the 60%-90% fibrous volumizing filler and the 10%-40% woody organic filler within a tube surrounding the conveying mixing auger and conveying the filler material to a mesh tube along a path generally perpendicular to a feeding direction of the distributing hopper;
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- filling the mesh tube with the homogenized filler material which comprises 60%-90% fibrous volumizing filler and 10%-40% woody organic filler.
A method of forming a compost filter sock configured for use in areas to be reseeded with grass, comprising the steps of:
- selecting a filler material which comprises a mixture of 60%-90% fibrous volumizing filler and 10%-40% woody organic filler;
- supplying the filler material to a gravity feed distributing hopper, wherein the filler material comprises 60%-90% fibrous volumizing filler and 10%-40% woody organic filler;
- feeding the filler material to a conveying mixing auger and homogenizing the 60%-90% fibrous volumizing filler and the 10%-40% woody organic filler within a tube surrounding the conveying mixing auger and conveying the filler material to a mesh tube along a path generally perpendicular to a feeding direction of the distributing hopper;
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- filling the mesh tube with the homogenized filler material comprising comprises 60%-90% fibrous volumizing filler and 10%-40% woody organic filler.
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