Claims
- 1. A method of manufacturing a water-repellent, fluffy, lightweight batt of wood pulp fibers comprising: providing a prepared hard, substantially dry board of compacted wood pulp fibers, applying to a surface of said board while in a non-aqueous condition between 1/4 and 2% by weight of said board of a water-repellent material, said water-repellent coating the fibers of the surface and extending through between 45 and 95% of the depth of the pulp board, grinding the treated pulp board to individualize and uniformly disperse water-repellent treated fibers and untreated fibers, and collecting the individualized fibers in the form of a lofty, fluffy batt of wood pulp fibers having water repellent material uniformly distributed throughout the batt whereby the entire batt is water repellent.
- 2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the water-repellent material is sprayed on the surface of the pulp board.
- 3. A method according the claim 1 wherein the pulp board after having a water-repellent material thereon is dried prior to grinding
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 431,193, filed January 7, l974 now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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431193 |
Jan 1974 |
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