Patents Assigned to Universita' Degli Studi Della Tuscia
  • Patent number: 6958110
    Abstract: Apparatus for the production of cellulose paper pulps from vegetative masses, comprising: a tower for sterilizing the mass to form a culture medium; a first screw for mixing the sterilized mass with an inoculum and handling the same in a sterile environment; a first conditioning and reaction chamber for mixing and handling the inoculated mass in a sterile environment and controlled atmosphere of CO2 and O2, with controlled temperature and pH; a hydraulic pulper for the elementarization of the mass and its soaking up with suspensions of enzyme mixes; a hammer mill for the elementarization of vegetative material, to break up knots of stems and to pulverize leaves, detach bast from wood; a rotating tumbler having reels and counter reels for separating various fractions; a rotor compactor to reduce the volume of the vegetable mass and to remove air contained in the same; a second screw for mixing the compacted vegetetative mass with extracts containing enzymes and with water for handling in a sterile environment;
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignees: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Universita' Degli Studi Della Tuscia
    Inventors: Giovanni Giovannozzi Sermanni, Pier Luigi Cappelletto, Ruggero Baldo, Antonio Porri, Alessandro D'Annibale, Claudio Perani