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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7669292 | Decortication process A process of decortication for separating the bast from the inner core of fibre plants using a disc refiner includes the steps of cutting the straw to a predetermined length; refining the straw by passing the cut straw of the predetermined length through a disc refi... | 03/02/2010 |
| 6357083 | Plant material processing system A system for processing plant material is provided which separates plant fibers from the woody portions of the material to produce a commercially desirable length of fiber and to grind the shorter woody portions that have been separated from the longer fi... | 03/19/2002 |
| 5970582 | Method for separating kenaf into core and fiber A method and apparatus for separating kenaf into fiber and core uses a modified stick machine conventionally used in the cotton industry for removing trash from unginned cotton. Lengths of kenaf are delivered onto the periphery of a saw cylinder so the to... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5906030 | Apparatus for decorticating plant material A method for separating woody material from plant fibers is disclosed which includes the provision of a plurality of woody material bending regions with the plant material being fed to a first and then a second one of the bending regions as bending and pu... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5720083 | Method for decorticating plant material A method for separating woody material from plant fibers is disclosed which includes the provision of a plurality of woody material bending regions with the plant material being fed to a first and then a second one of the bending regions as bending and pu... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5507074 | Decorticating method for separating bast from core of forage chopped kenaf or the like A method of decorticating short lengths, typically three to five inches of material such as kenaf to separate bast from core and which has been harvested by a chopper harvester of the type used for harvesting stripped corn stalks. Material is subjected to... | 04/16/1996 |
