Apparatus and method for processing vegetative material
AssigneeMill Creek Enterprises, Inc.
InventorAndre Roy
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for generating a chosen, relatively uniform size of particles having a dry-to-the-touch feel and a pleasant odor from chipped slash or other vegetative material is described. When pine sap and/or other liquids are present in the starting materials, the teachings of the present invention permit the generation of particulates into which such substances are substantially uniformly absorbed. The process of the present invention has been successfully applied to chipped, live trees, dried tree materials, branches, needles, pine cones, hay, flowers, grass, berries, and shrubs.
Claims19
A method for processing vegetative material, comprising the steps of:
- loading a chosen quantity of the vegetative material into a cylindrical plastic tube having a cylindrical axis disposed approximately horizontally and end caps for providing a water-tight seal therewith, and containing at least one free metal rod;
- and
- rotating the cylinder about the cylindrical axis for a chosen period of time.
A composition formed by the process comprising the steps of:
- loading a chosen quantity of vegetative material into a cylindrical plastic tube having a cylindrical axis disposed approximately horizontally and end caps for providing a water-tight seal therewith, and containing at least one free metal rod;
- and rotating the cylinder about the cylindrical axis for a chosen period of time.
An apparatus for processing vegetative material which comprises in combination:
- a cylindrical plastic tube having a cylindrical axis adapted for receiving said vegetative material and disposed approximately horizontally;
- end caps effective for providing a water-tight seal with said plastic tube;
- at least one free metal rod disposed in said plastic tube;
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- means for rotating said cylinder about the cylindrical axis for a chosen period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.