IMPROVED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN PRODUCING RECONSOLIDATED WOOD PRODUCTS.

摘要

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A FLEXIBLE OPEN LATTICE WORK WEB OF NATURALLY INTERCONNECTED WOOD STRANDS. A LOG OF WOOD IS PASSED THROUGH A PAIR OF ROLLERS TO CRUSH THE LOG AND FORM THE WEB. ONE ROLLER IS ARRANGED TO BE RECIPROCATED AXIALLY BY A COUPLING TO A PISTON SUBJECTED TO HYDRAULIC PRESSURE IN A CYLINDER, TO FACILITATE FORMING THE WEB. (FIG. 4)