Appeal No. 1998-2354 Application 08/054,588 be off-gassed before and/or after the second mixer to adjust the quantity of oxygen in the pulp (col. 4, lines 26-27; figure 2). Edlund discloses discharging cooked lignocellulose materials from a digester by supplying a gas to the upper portion of the digester such that the gas pressure and static pressure due to 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007