Method for treatment of barking waste

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE TREATMENT OF BARKING WASTE OF THE TYPE HAVING A STRINGY FIBROUS COMPONENT AND A NON-FIBROUS COMPONENT, COMPRISING DEWATERING AND DISINTEGRATING SAID BARKING WASTE SO THAT THE MOISTURE CONTENT THEREOF IS BELOW 75% AND ABOVE 30% OF THE WET WEIGHT OF SAID WASTE AND THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES ARE NO LONGER THAN ONE FOOT IN THEIR MAXIMUM DIMENSION, THEREAFTER DISASSOCIATING SAID FIBROUS AND NON-FIBROUS COMPONENT AND FURTHER DISINTEGRATION OF SAID NON-FIBROUS COMPONENT TO SEPARATE SAID NON-FIBROUS AND FIBROUS COMPONENTS THEREOF FROM ONE ANOTHER TO THE EXTENT THAT EACH IS CAPABLE OF MOVING INDEPENDENTLY OF THE OTHER EXCEPT FOR PHYSICAL ENTANGLEMENT WITH MINIMUM REDUCTION IN LENGTH OF SAID FIBROUS COMPONENT, AND THEREAFTER SEMI-DRY SCREENING SAID WASTE TO YIELD A COARSE STRINGY FIBROUS PRODUCT WHICH IS REJECTED BY THE SCREENING AND A LESS COARSE RESIDUE WHICH IS PASSED BY THE SCREEENING.