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Method of pelleting hay

  • US 3,013,880 A
  • Filed: 07/15/1959
  • Issued: 12/19/1961
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1959
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A METHOD OF PELLETING HAY COMPRISING THE STEPS OF CRUSHING, TEARING AND RUPTURING THE HAY TO BREAK DOWN THE NATURAL STRUCTURE OF THE STEMS INTO FIBERS THEREBY REDUCING THE NATURAL RESILIENCE OF THE STEMS AND LIBERATING THE GLUTENOUS JUICES FROM THE STEMS SO AS TO PRODUCE A DAMP MASS OF LIMP, FIBROUS MATERIAL, CONFINING AND APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE MATERIAL WHILE IN A DAMP, LIMP CONDITION TO COMPRESS THE MATERIAL INTO PELLETS CONTAINING INTERWOVEN FIBERS OF HAY, THE INTERWOVEN FIBERS REMAINING IN THEIR LIMP, NON-RESILIENT STATE IN THE NEWLY FORMED PELLET, THE LIBERATED GLUTENOUS JUICES OF THE HAY ACTING AS BINDER, THE INTERWOVEN FIBERS SERVING TO PROVIDE A RELATIVELY STRONG PELLET.

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