GB2416782A - Apparatus and method for processing of plant material - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for processing of plant material Download PDF

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GB2416782A
GB2416782A GB0522199A GB0522199A GB2416782A GB 2416782 A GB2416782 A GB 2416782A GB 0522199 A GB0522199 A GB 0522199A GB 0522199 A GB0522199 A GB 0522199A GB 2416782 A GB2416782 A GB 2416782A
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Adrian Francis K Clarke
Hamish Gray Seymour Dennis
Geoff Williames
Adrian Ward Clarke
Craig Fox
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FIBRE LAB Pty Ltd
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01B—MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF NATURAL FIBROUS OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL TO OBTAIN FIBRES OF FILAMENTS, e.g. FOR SPINNING
    • D01B1/00—Mechanical separation of fibres from plant material, e.g. seeds, leaves, stalks
    • D01B1/10—Separating vegetable fibres from stalks or leaves
    • D01B1/14—Breaking or scutching, e.g. of flax; Decorticating
    • D01B1/28—Breaking or scutching, e.g. of flax; Decorticating with beaters rotating about an axis perpendicular to the fibre bundle
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01B—MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF NATURAL FIBROUS OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL TO OBTAIN FIBRES OF FILAMENTS, e.g. FOR SPINNING
    • D01B1/00—Mechanical separation of fibres from plant material, e.g. seeds, leaves, stalks
    • D01B1/10—Separating vegetable fibres from stalks or leaves
    • D01B1/14—Breaking or scutching, e.g. of flax; Decorticating
    • D01B1/16—Breaking or scutching, e.g. of flax; Decorticating with devices dependent on a bending action to break or loosen fibre-bearing materials

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  • Chemical And Physical Treatments For Wood And The Like (AREA)
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  • Debarking, Splitting, And Disintegration Of Timber (AREA)

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The present invention provides a method for processing plant stalk having a fibrous outer part (skin) and an inner hurd, the method including the steps of: striking the stalk at at least one location along the stalk length so as to cause the stalk to bend at the at least one location thereby causing fracture of the hurd across the stalk at each striking location so as to expose at least part of the inner hurd; and separating at least part of the hurd from the skin. The present invention also provides an apparatus for processing stalk having a fibrous outer part and an inner hurd comprising: a feeder (2) for feeding the stalks for processing; a decorticator for decorticating the fed stalks comprising: a bending element (12) to which the stalks are fed at a predetermined speed; a striking means (13) that cause each stalk to bend over the bending element (12) and to thereby fracture the hurd across the stalk and/or longitudinally split the skin at various locations along the stalk length, wherein the striking means (13) further serves to separate the hurd from the fibrous outer part of the stalk. The present invention also provides fibres and hurd produced by the methods and apparatus of the present invention.

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GB 2416782 A continuation (72) cont Adrian Ward Clarke Craig Fox (74)
Agent and/or Address for Service: J A Kemp & Co. 14 South Square, Gray's Inn, LONDON, WC1R 5JJ, United Kingdom
GB0522199A 2003-03-30 2004-03-30 Apparatus and method for processing of plant material Withdrawn GB2416782A (en)

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AU2003901752A AU2003901752A0 (en) 2003-03-30 2003-03-30 Apparatus and method for processing of plant material
PCT/AU2004/000402 WO2004088006A1 (en) 2003-03-30 2004-03-30 Apparatus and method for processing of plant material

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SU1211348A1 (en) * 1983-08-09 1986-02-15 Костромской Ордена Трудового Красного Знамени Технологический Институт Drum for scutching bast-fibre material
SU1712476A1 (en) * 1990-04-02 1992-02-15 Среднеазиатский Научно-Исследовательский Институт Механизации И Электрификации Сельского Хозяйства Device for processing of bast crop stems
RU2031989C1 (en) * 1991-04-19 1995-03-27 Товарищество с ограниченной ответственностью "Псковмаш-инженеринг" Beater
US5632135A (en) * 1995-06-26 1997-05-27 Ramie International, Inc. Three-way harvester/decorticator for bast fiber crops with initial chemical processing in the field utilizing improved stapling technique

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SU1211348A1 (en) * 1983-08-09 1986-02-15 Костромской Ордена Трудового Красного Знамени Технологический Институт Drum for scutching bast-fibre material
SU1712476A1 (en) * 1990-04-02 1992-02-15 Среднеазиатский Научно-Исследовательский Институт Механизации И Электрификации Сельского Хозяйства Device for processing of bast crop stems
RU2031989C1 (en) * 1991-04-19 1995-03-27 Товарищество с ограниченной ответственностью "Псковмаш-инженеринг" Beater
US5632135A (en) * 1995-06-26 1997-05-27 Ramie International, Inc. Three-way harvester/decorticator for bast fiber crops with initial chemical processing in the field utilizing improved stapling technique

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