Method of making mulch

• US 3,876,411 A
• Filed: 10/23/1973
• Issued: 04/08/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Leslie L. Fowler
• Original Assignee: Leslie L. Fowler
• Inventors: Fowler, Leslie L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hart, Charles N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lander, Ferris H.
• Application Number:
  US05/408,395
• Time in Patent Office: 532 Days
• Field of Search: 71/1,25,8,11,22,23,64DC,64SC,64F,64G,64DB,64E 47/9
• US Class Current: 71/11
• CPC Class Codes: C05F 11/00 Other organic fertilisers
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 17/16 applied in a physical form other than a solution or a grout, e.g. as platelets or granules
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 71/904 Carrier

Abstract

A method of converting latex materials and organic matter into mulch for complementing soil with nutrients and comprising the steps of: The method may also include the steps of adding soil additives and a suitable soil additive carrier to the mixture before drying. The method may also include the steps of compressing the mixed material into sheets or brochettes before drying whereby the said sheets or brochettes may then be pulverized to a desired particle size.

Claims

1. MIXING SYNTHETIC RUBBER MATERIAL WITH ORGANIC MATTER AND SOIL ADDITIVE, THE PROPORTION OF ORGANIC MATTER AND SOIL ADDITIVE BEING SUCH AS TO FORM SMALL GLOBULES OF SAID SYNTHETIC RUBBER MATERIAL, SAID GLOBULES HAVING THE ORGANIC MATTER AND SOIL ADDITIVE DISTRIBUTED THERETHROUGH AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, THE ORGANIC MATTER BEING SELECTED FROM THE CLASS OF WOOD SHAVINGS, SAWDUST, SHREDDED PAPER, BARK CHIPS, LEAVES, TWIGS AND GRASS CUTTINGS AND THE SOIL ADDITIVE BEING SELECTED FROM THE CLASS OF FLY ASH, VOLCANIC ASH, BENTONITE AND VERMICLUITE,

2. The method as set forth in claim 1 including the step of mixing fertilizer with the synthetic rubber material, organic matter and soil additive.

3. PULVERIZING THE DRIED MIXTURE TO A DESIRED PARTICLE SIZE.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the drying is accomplished by heating the mixture.