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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1986
Yoshinori Koba, Ohbu, JP;
Meinan Machinery Works, Inc., , JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for removing moisture in a veneer are disclosed. The method comprises jetting a compressed gas against at least either tangential face of a veneer in feeding in order to remove moisture contained within the wood structure of it. The apparatus comprises a feeding mechanism of a veneer, a compressed gas jetting equipment with jetting apertures formed in a continuous or discontinuous manner in the traversing direction with respect to the feeding direction for jetting against at least one face of a veneer in feeding, a gas compressor communicating with the compressed gas jetting equipment, and a veneer supporting member arranged oposite the compressed gas jetting equipment and adapted to support the veneer to be jetted with the compressed gas from the other side of it.