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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1979
Anders E Lund, Houghton, MI (US);
Gordon P Krueger, Hancock, MI (US);
Darrell D Nicholas, Houghton, MI (US);
Roy D Adams, Houghton, MI (US);
Board of Control of Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI (US);
Abstract
Structural members having strength properties comparable or superior to those of solid wood are made from a composite wood material comprised of elongated wood flakes bonded together with a binder. The grain direction of the flakes extend generally parallel to their longitudinal axis and the flakes are oriented so that the longitudinal axis of at least a majority is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the structural member. The structural member is formed as a solid one-piece unit or assembled from two or more structural components which are made from the composite wood material and are joined together in angular relationship with an adhesive.