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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Fookes, New Westminster, CA;
Marek Jan Gnatowski, Coquitlam, CA;
Robert Leeson Pike, Vancouver, CA;
Derek Alexander Templeton, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Trus Joist MacMillan a Limited Partnership, Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; B27N / ; B05D / ; B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264122 ; 264109 ; 427192 ; 427427 ; 427369 ; 427370 ; 427440 ;
Abstract
The resistant to biological degradation of composite wood products is improved by applying a suitable aqueous dispersion of zinc borate onto the fibers to uniformly distribute and to adhere the zinc borate to the strands of the wood composite, applying a suitable adhesive to the wood strands, forming a strand lay-up and consolidating a lay-up under heat and pressure to form a consolidated product with zinc borate uniformly distributed therethrough.