Fibre and particulate processing
AssigneeAgResearch Limited
InventorsStephen Barry Manson, Murray Edwin Taylor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system and method for processing of fibres and particulates such as wool, wherein material is placed within a receptacle configured to allow the ingress and egress of treatment fluid, conveyed to a treatment fluid application area, treated with a treatment fluid, and conveyed from the treatment fluid application area.
Claims20
A method of material treatment, including the steps of:
- a) placing the material within a receptacle configured to allow the ingress and egress of treatment fluid;
- b) conveying the receptacle to a treatment fluid application area;
- c) treating the material with a treatment fluid;
- and
- d) conveying the receptacle from the treatment fluid application area.
A material treatment apparatus, including:
- a receptacle configured to contain material to be treated, and allow the ingress and egress of treatment fluid;
- and
- a conveyor configured to
- a) convey the receptacle to a treatment fluid application area, and
- b) hold the receptacle in position while the material is treated by a treatment fluid, and
- c) convey the receptacle from the treatment fluid application area.
A method of material treatment substantially as herein described with reference to and as illustrated by the drawings and accompanying description.
A material treatment apparatus substantially as herein described with reference to and as illustrated by the drawings and accompanying description.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.