Abstract:
Decorative engineered bamboo product and a method of forming a decorative engineered bamboo product in which a block of engineered bamboo product is sliced to expose an edge grain formed by edges of strands of bamboo of the product. The slices can be used directly or attached to a substrate. The slices can be further treated to produce additional decorative features. Additives can be introduced to the engineered bamboo product during the manufacture thereof to incorporate decorative elements therein which are made visible by slicing the engineered bamboo product to expose edge grain, inclusive of the cross-section of the additives.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the step by step pressing of material which is fed continuously, particularly wood laminate such as laminated parquet, and the like, in which the pressing is carried out by means of a press which can move to and fro in the feed direction of the material and supported by rollers or wheels. The press carries out the pressing and the heating of the laminate in order to harden the glue while moving in the feed direction of the material and which is open during the return movement, and the press is pushed forward by the material sheet itself and one thereby achieves a desired mutual compression of the lamellae in the horizontal direction.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a flooring panel is described which involves (a) gluing wooden slats in a covering fashion on a backing board, (b) applying a filler material over the wooden slats in such a manner that openings in or between the slats are filled, (c) forming the backing board with the wooden slats into a flooring panel with desired dimensions, and (d) grinding the upper surface of the flooring panel down to a clean wood surface.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for simultaneously pressing together longitudinally a plurality of individual strips of wood, each strip being provided with a finger joint at each end. The strips are jointed end to end in a number of rows to form a floorboard. The apparatus includes a mechanism for simultaneously applying longitudinal pressure to each of the rows of wood strips during the curing process. The resulting floorboard is mechanically improved, has greater protection against humidity and increases the fatigue resistance of the floorboard, which can be used for trailer floors or the like.
Abstract:
In producing a sheet of wood veneer having a large area and elaborate designed wooden patterns adaptable for mass-production and adaptable to be made with various wood patterns, a log is sawn or sliced into a plurality of individual flitches which are smoothened on the surfaces to be glued and subsequently glued by adhesive to form a composite flitch. The composite flitch is subsequently sliced to form a sheet of wide wood veneer which may be glued to a substrate or a veneer by adhesive. Throughout the process, all steps are carried out while the wood is maintained at a moisture content more than the fiber saturation point of the wood.
Abstract:
Building panels, such as a floor panels or wall panels, which include a first mechanical locking system at respective parallel and opposite third and fourth edges, such as long edges, configured to cooperate for horizontal and vertical locking between two adjacent building panels, preferably by a folding motion. The panels further include a second locking system at respective parallel and opposite first and second edges, such as short edges, configured to cooperate for horizontal and vertical locking of two adjacent building panels. An upper edge portion of one of the third edge or fourth edge, preferably the third edge, includes a first lower lip portion configured to cooperate with a first upper lip portion of an upper edge portion of the other of the third and fourth edge of an adjacent panel when the third and fourth edges are arranged in locking engagement.
Abstract:
Building panels, such as floor panels or wall panels. The panels including a first mechanical locking system at respective parallel and opposite third and fourth edges, such as long edges, configured to cooperate for horizontal and vertical locking between two adjacent building panels, preferably by means of a folding motion. The panels further including a second locking system at respective parallel and opposite first and second edges, such as short edges, configured to cooperate for horizontal and vertical locking of two adjacent building panels. An upper edge portion of one of the third edge or fourth edge, preferably the third edge, includes a first lower lip portion configured to cooperate with a first upper lip portion of an upper edge portion of the other of the third and fourth edge of an adjacent panel when the third and fourth edges are arranged in locking engagement.
Abstract:
The durable products of prior art woodworking have always been unyielding constructions of individual wooden elements held rigidly in place by rigid means such as joinery, fasteners, adhesives, or supporting structures. In the present invention a new method of mobile wood joinery alone is used to draw the wooden elements into place while yet allowing them a range of motion. The joinery of the present invention is mobile, resilient, elastic, and dimensionally dynamic and so are the products made using the present invention. In the present invention a width of resilient elastic adhesive is bonded to the adjoining surfaces of the unmilled individual wooden elements of a wooden product. When the adhesive dries, a mobile, resilient, elastic, dimensionally dynamic joint has been formed. This joint can be bent, hinged, stretched, or compressed in many different directions. The individual wooden elements joined using the present invention can move independently of each other. The joint formed by the present invention is inexpensive and easy to form, yet will not be destroyed or loosened by impact during use or by dimensional swelling and contracting of the individual wooden elements it draws together. The individual wooden elements will not be permanently displaced or damaged by impact or by swelling and contracting of the wood, but will always be drawn back to their original correct positions by the mobile joinery of the present invention.
Abstract:
Wooden tiles including a plurality of smaller rectangular blocks, flat grain or preferably end grain, are made by providing in each block at least one lateral groove extending parallel to and spaced inwardly from the end edges of the block, at least one longitudinal groove extending parallel to and is spaced inwardly from the side edges of the block and intersecting the lateral groove(s) at a right angle. When the blocks are aligned in abutting relationship, either side by side, side to end or end to end, to form a tile of the desired pattern, the grooves are aligned to form a grid-like network of continuous, rectilinear channels. The channels are substantially filled with a relatively flexible, synthetic plastic material capable of becoming flowable upon being heated to a predetermined temperature and hardening upon subsequent cooling. A portion of the plastic material is diffused into the wood in the immediate vicinity of the channels while in a flowable state and becomes bonded to the wood upon cooling to thereby hold the blocks together and yet permit movement of the blocks relative to each other. In one embodiment, the plastic material is preformed into a grid including intersecting ribs which fit into the channel network and sufficient heat and pressure are applied to the top edge of the ribs to cause a portion thereof to become flowable and diffused into the wood. In another embodiment, the plastic material is extruded into the channel network to effectively form a grid in situ.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the step by step pressing of material which is fed continuously, particularly wood laminate such as laminated parquet, and the like, in which the pressing is carried out by means of a press which can move to and fro in the feed direction of the material and supported by rollers or wheels. The press carries out the pressing and the heating of the laminate in order to harden the glue while moving in the feed direction of the material and which is open durring the return movement, and the press is pushed forward by the material sheet itself and one thereby achieves a desired mutual compression of the lamellae in the horizontal direction.