DECORTICATING DRUM WITH SELECTIVE PROCESSING MODE

摘要

DECORTICATING DRUM WITH SELECTIVE PROCESSING MODE This invention relates to an improvement in a decorticating drum with a selective mode of processing, composed of a hollow cylinder horizontally resting on support rollers and being rotatable about its longitudinal axis, being adapted to receive wood fed in at one end and discharge it at the other, in particular a decorticating drum for dry debarking including longitudinal slots at the surface thereof for the elimination of the bark, the improvement comprising detachable cover means in the region of the longitudinal slots whereby a wet decorticating drum may be formed, said cover means hermetically resting against the outer surface of the drum .