Livestock feed product and method and apparatus for manufacturing same
OwnerEmmitt B. Burelsmithinventor
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Abstract
A livestock feed block comprising a compacted mass of cotton burr and other residue produced in the process of ginning cotton. The burr is compacted in a mold apparatus including a movable power operated tamping or compacting ram fitted with a spray manifold for coating the feed block material with a settable liquid binder prior to the compaction process. Compaction is carried out in a series of steps to compact plural layers of material to build the feed block in the mold. The mold is supported on retractable transport wheels which provide for jacking the mold upward off the ground surface to release the block whereby it may be transported by motor truck from its point of manufacture to its point of use.
Claims6
A method of manufacturing a livestock feed product comprising a quantity of residue from ginning cotton, a major portion of said residue comprising cotton burr, said method comprising:
- providing a mold having opposed sidewalls and endwalls forming a mold cavity;
- pouring a quantity of said residue into said mold;
- applying a coating of a settable liquid binder to said quantity of said residue;
- compacting said quantity of residue coated with said binder;
- said coated residue being compacted in a series of layers one formed on top of another, each layer being formed by pouring a quantity of residue into said mold cavity generally evenly distributed therein to form a layer, applying liquid binder on said residue forming a layer, and compacting said layer after applying said liquid binder thereon.
A livestock feed product comprising:
- a quantity of residue from the ginning of cotton, the major portion of the material of said residue comprising cotton burr coated with a settable liquid binder and compacted to form a substantially cohesive solid block transportable from a point of manufacture to a point of use, said block being formed of a plurality of layers of said material coated with said binder and then compacted, said layers being compacted one on top of the other to form said block, and said binder consisting essentially of a mixture of poly-n phosphate, vitamin A, vitamin B, urea and water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.