Apparatus for regulated dispersion treatment of highly consistent fibrous substances

An apparatus for regulating the dispersion of a highly consistent fibrous substance, comprising:

• at least two processing tools with at least one said processing tool being movable relative to the other said processing tool, said processing tools being substantially rotationally symmetric and coaxial with respect to one another, each said processing tool having circular and concentrically positioned rows of teeth, said teeth within each said row of teeth being separated from each other by spaces large enough to allow the fibrous substance to flow therebetween, adjacent said rows of teeth on each said processing tool defining respective ring shaped openings therebetween, at least one said row of teeth of one said processing tool penetrating into a corresponding said ring shaped opening of the other said processing tool such that a distance between adjacent said rows of teeth is greater than or substantially equal to 1 mm;
• at least one of said processing tools including an expulsion mechanism defining an exit opening for the fibrous substance to flow through and from said apparatus, said expulsion mechanism comprising at least some of said rows of teeth, said rows of teeth on one of said processing tools including a radially outward row of teeth and an adjacent second most radially outward row of teeth, said radially outward row of teeth and said second most radially outward row of teeth being movable in a rotating manner relative to each other such that said spaces between said teeth in said second most radially outward row of teeth are partially and selectively blocked by an associated said tooth of said radially outward row of teeth;
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• a regulating mechanism for adjusting a size of said exit opening of said expulsion mechanism through which the fibrous substance flows.

An apparatus for regulating the dispersion of a highly consistent fibrous substance, comprising:

• at least two processing tools with at least one said processing tool being movable relative to the other said processing tool, said processing tools being substantially rotationally symmetric and coaxial with respect to one another, each said processing tool having circular and concentrically positioned rows of teeth, said teeth within each said row of teeth being separated from each other by spaces large enough to allow the fibrous substance to flow therebetween, adjacent said rows of teeth on each said processing tool defining respective ring shaped openings therebetween, at least one said row of teeth of one said processing tool penetrating into a corresponding said ring shaped opening of the other said processing tool such that a distance between adjacent said rows of teeth is greater than or substantially equal to 1 mm;
• at least one of said processing tools including an expulsion mechanism defining an exit opening for the fibrous substance to flow through and from said apparatus, said expulsion mechanism comprising at least some of said rows of teeth, said rows of teeth on one of said processing tools including a radially outward row of teeth having inner faces and an adjacent second most radially outward row of teeth having outer faces, said inner faces of said radially outward row of teeth partially and selectively overlapping said outer faces of said second most radially outward row of teeth so as to partially and selectively block said spaces between said teeth in said second most radially outward row of teeth, at least one of said radially outward row of teeth and said second most radially outward row of teeth being movable in a radial direction relative to each other;
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• a regulating mechanism for adjusting a size of said exit opening of said expulsion mechanism through which the fibrous substance flows.