Method of reducing static-charge on easter grass
AssigneeHighland Manufacturing and Sales Company
InventorsDonald E. Weder, E. H. Weder, Howard M. Ruth, Michael J. King, Franklin J. Craig, Larry J. Jones, Kenton D. Badgley, Harry J. Snider, deceased, Laura L. Snider, legal representative, S. Owen Dye, Clay R. Wiedner, Bill C. Weder, Robert L. Langenberg
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Abstract
A method for treating Easter grass to a substantially reduced static charge on the Easter grass by coating a substantial portion of the Easter grass with an anti-static compound.
Claims8
A method of producing reduced-static, weighed charges of loosely aggregated Easter grass from compacted bales of Easter grass, the steps of the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of bales of Easter grass, each bale being composed of compacted Easter grass filaments;
- transferring the bales of Easter grass into a rotatable drum;
- rotating the drum to disintegrate each bale of Easter grass into substantially separated Easter grass filaments;
- producing an air flow through the drum, the air flow forcing the Easter grass filaments out of the drum and into a treatment chamber;
- injecting an anti-static compound into the treatment chamber to coat the Easter grass filaments with the anti-static compound;
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- weighing out the Easter grass filaments into charges of loosely aggregated Easter grass filaments.
A method of producing reduced-static, weighed charges of loosely aggregated Easter grass from compacted bales of Easter grass, the steps of the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of bales of Easter grass, each bale being composed of compacted Easter grass filaments;
- transferring the bales of Easter grass into a rotatable drum;
- rotating the drum to disintegrate each bale of Easter grass into tufts of Easter grass filaments;
- producing an air flow through the drum, the air flow forcing the tufts of Easter grass filaments out of the drum and into a treatment chamber;
- injecting an anti-static compound into the treatment chamber to coat the tufts of Easter grass filaments with the anti-static compound;
- transferring the tufts of Easter grass filaments into a picking chamber having rotatable paddle wheel, a comb and a rotatable picker roll;
- rotating the paddle wheel to tumble the tufts of Easter grass onto the comb;
- rotating the picker roll to pick Easter grass filaments off the comb and to divide the tufts of Easter grass filaments into substantially separated Easter grass filaments;
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- weighing out the Easter grass filaments into charges of loosely aggregated Easter grass filaments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.