Patent ID: 6912824
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: B05B,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of finishing a gypsum drywall installation, the method comprising: providing drywall joint compound; providing a continuous strand having a plurality of layers of nonwoven fibrous cellulosic material, wherein at least one individual layer of said plurality of layers of nonwoven fibrous cellulosic material contains an accelerant effective for accelerating the setting time of the drywall joint compound, and wherein said plurality of layers of nonwoven fibrous cellulosic material are at least twisted so as to form said continuous strand; feeding said continuous strand into a cutter and cutting said continuous strand into sufficiently small pieces motivated by air pressure so as to generate a stream of cellulosic fibers wherein at least some of said cellulosic fibers contain the accelerant; generating a stream of said drywall joint compound motivated by air pressure; and combining the stream of drywall joint compound with the stream of cellulosic fibers while applying the combined streams onto a predetermined portion of the drywall installation being finished.