Patent ID: 7454821

Claim:
A scrubber apparatus for finishing the face of a material having blown insulation applied as discrete elements having a material radius, the apparatus comprising: (a) a vacuum conduit; (b) a planer assembly attached to the vacuum conduit, wherein the planer assembly includes a brush roller having a contact surface and an axis of rotation, wherein the contact surface is configured to rotate around the axis of rotation at a speed with respect to the discrete insulation material of between about 10 in/sec and about 300 in/sec; (c) a drive for the planer assembly; (d) a vacuum adjacent to the planer assembly for removing loose discrete elements created during finishing; and (e) a supply of reclaimed discrete elements, wherein the radius of the reclaimed discrete elements is about 10 microns to about 10,000 microns, and wherein the reclaimed discrete elements are configured to be reinstalled as blown insulation.