Compressed netting sleeve for in situ manufacture of compost filter socks and method of forming compost filter socks using same
AssigneeMkb Company
InventorsJeffrey Karl Szebalskie, Sr., Michael Zock
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Abstract
A compressed netting sleeve for in situ formation of a compost filter sock comprises a sleeve of netting material having a pair of opposed open ends, wherein the sleeve of netting material is bunched primarily along a longitudinal axis, whereby each of the open ends of the netting material remains accessible to form a compression bundle netting material; and a protective sleeve extending through the open ends of the sleeve of netting material to extend through the interior of the sleeve of netting material and around the exterior of the sleeve of netting material thereby surrounding the compression bundle netting material with the protective sleeve.
Claims19
A method of manufacturing a compost filter sock comprising the steps of:
- A) providing a bag containing a compression bundle netting sleeve, wherein the netting sleeve includes mesh openings that are small enough to maintain compost within a constructed compost filter sock and large enough to allow runoff water to flow therethrough to allow for formation of a compost filter sock;
- B) removing the compression bundle netting sleeve from the bag;
- C) placing the compression bundle netting sleeve on a pneumatic nozzle configured for conveying compost for forming the compost filter sock;
- D) removing one open end and a leading length of the netting sleeve from the pneumatic nozzle while maintaining an opposite end and a remainder of the netting sleeve on the pneumatic nozzle;
- E) sealing the open end;
- F) filling the netting sleeve with compost sufficient to form the compost filter sock, wherein the compost is pneumatically conveyed through the pneumatic nozzle;
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- G) sealing the opposite end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.