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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1987
Filed:
May. 28, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark T Churchland, Vancouver, CA;
Walter W Schilling, Delta, CA;
Assignee:
MacMillan Bloedel Limited, British Columbia, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198457 ; 198456 ; 198422 ; 198586 ; 83165 ; 83166 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for continuously forming a product having elongated members at least about one foot long which are oriented, compressed and bonded is provided. The apparatus deposits elongated members on a moving carrier with an orientation that is substantially parallel to the direction of movement of the carrier. The members are deposited on the carrier over a length of carrier that is at least as long as about one and one-half times the length of the elongated members and is at least as long as about 30 times the final thickness of the compressed, composite product.