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US 2017/0101725 A1Published application
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.
Claims14
A method of material treatment, comprising the steps of:
- placing the material within a receptacle configured to allow the ingress and egress of treatment fluid;
- conveying the receptacle to a treatment fluid application area;
- treating the material with a treatment fluid, comprising lowering the receptacle into at least one container containing the treatment fluid and agitating the material by compressing and releasing the material with a plunger;
- and
- conveying the receptacle from the treatment fluid application area.
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A material treatment apparatus, comprising:
- a receptacle configured to contain material to be treated, and allow the ingress and egress of treatment fluid;
- a plunger configured to extend into the receptacle;
- and
- a conveyor, comprising a lifting cradle configured to adjust elevation of the receptacle, the conveyor configured to:
- convey the receptacle to a treatment fluid application area, wherein the treatment fluid application area comprises a container containing the treatment fluid, and the lifting cradle is configured to lower the receptacle into the container, and
- hold the receptacle in position while the material is treated by a treatment fluid, and
- convey the receptacle from the treatment fluid application area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.