Method and device for obtaining vegetal fibre material and the use thereof
AssigneeJens-Gerrit Eisfeld
InventorJens-Gerrit Eisfeld
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Abstract
A low-fiber method for obtaining a fiber material (21) that is suitable for use as a raw material for insulation purposes, for the production of fiber mattresses or as a filing or padding material, from the fruits of poplars, willows, composites or similar plants. The closed fruits of said plants are dried and/or opened using an air flow and agitated in a treatment chamber (17), whereby the fiber material (21) contained in the fruit capsules (19) is substantially separated from the other constituent parts of said fruits.
Claims31
A method for obtaining a fiber material suitable as a raw material for insulation purposes and for the manufacture of non-woven materials, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) introducing fruit pods of at least one of poplar, willow, fruit hair developing plants, Bombacacea, cotton, cotton-type epilobium strains, fruits having hairy outgrowths from inner walls thereof, composites, and all other seed hair containing plants into a treatment chamber;
- b) flowing air through said treatment chamber to dry said fruit pods;
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- c) moving said fruit pods in said treatment chamber to substantially release fiber material from other constituents, wherein initially closed fruit pods open to expose fiber material contained therein.
A device for obtaining a fiber material suitable as a raw material for insulation purposes and for the manufacture of non-woven materials, the device comprising:
- means for introducing fruit pods of at least one of poplar, willow, fruit hair developing plants, Bombacacea, cotton, cotton-type epilobium strains, fruit having hairy outgrowths from inner walls thereof, composites, and similar plants into a treatment chamber;
- means for flowing air through said treatment chamber to dry said fruit pods;
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- means for moving said fruit pods in said treatment chamber to substantially release fiber material from other constituents, wherein initially closed fruit pods open to expose fiber material contained therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.