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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gordon P Krueger, Hancock, MI (US);
Anders E Lund, Houghton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Board of Control of Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264112 ; 264113 ; 425117 ; 425125 ; 249 84 ; 249 93 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for forming a loosely felted mat of elongated wood flakes mixed with a binder, the mat including a longitudinal axis and the wood flakes being aligned in mutually parallel relation and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the mat. The wood flakes are held in alignment in the mat by a plurality of closely spaced thin planar baffles, the baffles being comprised of a material which can form an integral part of the mat.