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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1994
Filed:
May. 21, 1993
Mitsuhiko Tanahashi, Gifu-shi, Gifu 501-31, JP;
Masafumi Inoue, Nara, JP;
Syuzo Fukada, Kyoto, JP;
Chikayoshi Ota, Osaka, JP;
Senji Kimoto, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Hisaka Works Limited, Osaka, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A wood treating method and apparatus whereby a wood which is thin or bent, such as a soft wood or wood removed during growth or a wood from thinning, is strengthened, straightened and molded in any desired shape, wherein after the wood is heated and softened in a high temperature high pressure atmosphere, mechanical compressive forces are applied to the wood to minimize the voids in the wood; thus, the wood is hardened, strengthened and the bent wood is corrected, making it possible to form the wood in any desired shape without lumbering the same.