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US 2005/0268541 A1Published application
Method of manufacturing densified firelog from unwanted and diseased wood, and method of doing business regarding same
AssigneeSummit Views LLC
InventorsJennifer Young, Gregg Weissman
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing firelogs from unwanted or diseased forest wood is disclosed. The method includes the steps of gathering such unwanted wood products from a forest and on-site grinding and drying those wood products into ground material prior to extruding same into a firelog. The sale of the firelog can then be used to pay for further gathering of the unwanted wood. Moreover, the machines used to grind and dry the material can be powered by burning the unwanted firewood as well.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing packaged wood fuel products, comprising:
- gathering secondary forest products;
- grinding the secondary forest products into coarse ground material;
- grinding the coarse ground material into finely ground material;
- drying the finely ground material;
- extruding the finely ground material into a firelog;
- and
- packaging the firelog.
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A method of doing business, comprising:
- mechanically thinning a wooded area, the mechanical thinning gathering secondary forest products;
- grinding the secondary forest products into a coarse ground material;
- grinding the coarse ground material into finely ground material,
- drying the finely ground material;
- extruding the finely ground material into a firelog;
- selling the firelog;
- and
- using a portion of the proceeds from selling the firelog to offset the costs of the thinning step.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.