Koppers Company, Inc.

Craig R McIntyre

Roy H Moult

Daniel A Eakin

Water-borne preservative salts are used to impregnate wood by the empty-cell pressure impregnation method without the precipitation of water-borne salts such as chromium, copper and arsenic when wood sugars enter the treating solution during the kickback or pressure release phase of the empty-cell cycle. The lack of precipitation is obtained by maintaining the preservative salts solution at a temperature between about 40.degree. F. and about 70.degree. F.

Wood impregnation

A laminated wooden load support structure is described herein, wherein at least one of the lamina is comprised of a plurality of wooden elements orientated with respect to the load bearing surface or wear surface such that the end-grains of the wood elements of the lamina form a part of the load bearing surface.

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Export, PA, United States of America

Craig R McIntyre