Methods of manufacturing synthetic bales
AssigneeGeohay, LLC
InventorsDan Hargett, A. V. Moody, Jr.
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a synthetic bale, including the steps of heating a mixture of a first plurality of fibers with a second plurality of fibers to cause the first plurality of fibers and the second plurality of fibers to thermally bond with one another to create bonded fibers, directing the bonded fibers into a forming chamber, and outputting the bonded fibers into a sheath configured for use as a synthetic ground-based bale.
Claims21
A method of manufacturing a synthetic bale, the method comprising:
- heating a mixture of a first plurality of fibers with a second plurality of fibers, wherein each of the first plurality of fibers and the second plurality of fibers define an outer portion, and wherein the outer portion of the second plurality of fibers melt sufficiently to bond the outer portion of the second plurality of fibers with the first plurality of fibers to thereby create a plurality of bonded fibers;
- directing the bonded fibers into a chamber;
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- outputting the bonded fibers into a sheath, wherein the first plurality of fibers are 10-25% and the second plurality of fibers are 75-90% by weight, respectively, of the mixture of the first plurality of fibers and the second plurality of fibers.
A system for manufacturing a synthetic bale within a sheath from a mixture of a first plurality of fibers and a second plurality of fibers, wherein each of the first plurality of fibers and the second plurality of fibers define an outer portion, the system comprising:
- a heater configured for heating the mixture of the first plurality of fibers with the second plurality of fibers, wherein the outer portion of the second plurality of fibers melt sufficiently to bond the outer portion of the second plurality of fibers with the first plurality of fibers to thereby create a plurality of bonded fibers;
- a chamber;
- a blower configured for directing the bonded fibers into the chamber;
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- means for outputting the bonded fibers into the sheath to form a ground-based bale.
A method of manufacturing a synthetic bale, the method comprising:
- heating a mixture of a first plurality of fibers with a second plurality of fibers, wherein each of the first plurality of fibers and the second plurality of fibers define an outer portion, causing an outer portion of the second plurality of fibers to melt sufficiently to bond the outer portion of the second plurality of fibers with the first plurality of fibers to thereby create a plurality of bonded fibers;
- directing the plurality of bonded fibers into a chamber;
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- outputting the plurality of bonded fibers into a net by a pneumatic diverter,
- wherein the pneumatic diverter is pneumatically movable between a flow diverting position and a non-flow diverting position, and
- wherein the plurality of bonded fibers are configured to flow through the diverter into the net when the pneumatic diverter is in the non-flow diverting position and hot air is configured to flow out of an exhaust when the pneumatic diverter is in the flow diverting position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.