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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory A. Holt, Brownfield, TX (US);
Joseph W. Laird, Lubbock, TX (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 1/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 1/14 ;
Abstract
A novel method for the treatment of cotton byproducts to yield value-added products while reducing the wear on processing equipment is described. In this process, cotton byproducts or waste are ground and compacted, and treated with a gellable polysaccharide. The polysaccharide is gelatinized, either before or concurrent with the grinding and compaction of the cotton byproducts. The resultant byproducts exhibit significantly reduced abrasiveness, greatly reducing the wear on equipment.