公开(公告)号：US20210047566A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-18

申请号：US17088633

申请日：2020-11-04

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS, L.L.C.

Inventor： Kevin Scott SPITTLE ,  Gary Lane BOWERS

IPC: C09K17/52 ,  A01G24/00

Abstract: A method for making a dyed mulch composition or a dyed growing medium, the method comprising combining tree bark including one or more pigments and/or pigment precursors and wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition at a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks, the refiner separating the tree bark and wood components into fibers and separating the fibers from each other; and dyeing the wood components by the one or more pigments and/or pigment precursors while the tree bark and the wood components are being separated into fibers in the refiner to obtain dyed fibers.

公开(公告)号：US20200032141A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-30

申请号：US16589694

申请日：2019-10-01

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Inventor： Kevin Scott SPITTLE ,  Gary Lane BOWERS

IPC: C09K17/52 ,  A01G24/00 ,  C05D9/02 ,  C05F11/00 ,  C05G3/04

Abstract: A method for making a growing medium includes a step of combining tree bark and/or wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition to a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks to obtain the fibrous growing medium, the refiner separating fibers from each other; wherein the growing medium has total porosity of 88 volume % or more.

公开(公告)号：US20190218154A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US16366319

申请日：2019-03-27

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Inventor： Kevin Scott SPITTLE ,  Gary Lane BOWERS

IPC: C05G3/04 ,  C05F11/00 ,  C09K17/16 ,  C09K17/52 ,  C09K17/32

CPC classification number: C05G3/04 ,  A01G24/23 ,  C05F11/00 ,  C09K17/16 ,  C09K17/32 ,  C09K17/52

Abstract: A growing medium comprising fibrous tree bark and fibrous wood components, wherein the fibers of the growing medium have an average length to width ratio, such that the growing medium has a dry bulk density of about 60 kg/m3 or lower and wet bulk density of about 120 kg/m3 or lower.

公开(公告)号：US20170114276A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-27

申请号：US15400363

申请日：2017-01-06

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Inventor： Kevin Scott SPITTLE ,  Gary Lane BOWERS

IPC: C09K17/52 ,  C09K17/16 ,  C09K17/32 ,  C05G3/04

CPC classification number: C05G3/04

Abstract: A growing medium comprising fibrous tree bark and fibrous wood components, wherein the fibers of the growing medium have an average length to width ratio, such that the growing medium has a dry bulk density of about 60 kg/m3 or lower and wet bulk density of about 120 kg/m3 or lower.

公开(公告)号：US20230389487A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18450766

申请日：2023-08-16

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Inventor： Kevin Scott SPITTLE ,  Gary Lane BOWERS

IPC: A01G24/23 ,  C09K17/52

CPC classification number: A01G24/23 ,  C09K17/52

Abstract: A method for making a dyed mulch composition or a dyed growing medium, the method comprising combining tree bark including one or more pigments and/or pigment precursors and wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition at a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks, the refiner separating the tree bark and wood components into fibers and separating the fibers from each other; and dyeing the wood components by the one or more pigments and/or pigment precursors while the tree bark and the wood components are being separated into fibers in the refiner to obtain dyed fibers.

公开(公告)号：US20210212273A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-15

申请号：US17150176

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Inventor： Daniel Scott NORDEN ,  Ryan Michael KNAUER ,  Nathan Albert CARNEY ,  Stanton Reid SMITH ,  Gary Lane BOWERS ,  Kevin Scott SPITTLE

IPC: A01G13/02 ,  B32B5/26

Abstract: A fiber mat includes natural wood fibers formed into an elongated strip having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface having a first plurality of channels extending into the elongated strip, each of the first plurality of channels having a channel depth being different in a central portion of the mat than in an edge portion of the mat.

公开(公告)号：US20210024825A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US17071602

申请日：2020-10-15

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Inventor： Kevin Scott SPITTLE ,  Gary Lane BOWERS

IPC: C09K17/52 ,  A01G24/00 ,  C05F11/00 ,  C05G3/80 ,  C05D9/02

Abstract: A method for making a growing medium includes a step of combining tree bark and/or wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition to a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks to obtain the fibrous growing medium, the refiner separating fibers from each other; wherein the growing medium has total porosity of 88 volume % or more.

公开(公告)号：US20170137972A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-18

申请号：US15322921

申请日：2015-06-29

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Inventor： Kevin Scott SPITTLE ,  Gary Lane BOWERS

IPC: D01G9/06 ,  A01C21/00 ,  A01G13/02

CPC classification number: D01G9/06 ,  A01G13/0262 ,  C09K17/52 ,  D01G7/02

Abstract: A compressed growing medium or mulch fiber opener comprising at least one set of adjacent rotating members, the rotating members having a surface and including at least one wire wound around at least a portion of the surface, wherein the wire includes a plurality of projections engaging compressed or partially opened growing medium or mulch fiber, and wherein a distance between the adjacent rotating members is sufficiently small to create at least one pinch point between the adjacent rotating members, the adjacent rotating members separating the fibers as the fibers pass through the at least one pinch point so that the density of the fiber is lowered by at least 50-95%.

公开(公告)号：US20250008885A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-09

申请号：US18888335

申请日：2024-09-18

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Inventor： Daniel Scott NORDEN ,  Ryan Michael KNAUER ,  Nathan Albert CARNEY ,  Stanton Reid SMITH ,  Gary Lane BOWERS ,  Kevin Scott SPITTLE

IPC: A01G13/02 ,  B32B3/02 ,  B32B3/30 ,  B32B5/26

Abstract: A fiber mat includes natural wood fibers formed into an elongated strip having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface having a first plurality of channels extending into the elongated strip, each of the first plurality of channels having a channel depth being different in a central portion of the mat than in an edge portion of the mat.

公开(公告)号：US20220162777A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-26

申请号：US17666060

申请日：2022-02-07

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Inventor： Kevin Scott SPITTLE ,  Gary Lane BOWERS

IPC: D01G9/06

Abstract: A compressed growing medium or mulch fiber opener comprising at least one set of adjacent rotating members, the rotating members having a surface and including at least one wire wound around at least a portion of the surface, wherein the wire includes a plurality of projections engaging compressed or partially opened growing medium or mulch fiber, and wherein a distance between the adjacent rotating members is sufficiently small to create at least one pinch point between the adjacent rotating members, the adjacent rotating members separating the fibers as the fibers pass through the at least one pinch point so that the density of the fiber is lowered.