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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Trelawny Churchland, Vancouver, CA;
Robert Leeson Pike, Vancouver, CA;
Norbert Kott, Fort Langley, CA;
Assignee:
Trus Joist MacMillan Limited, Vancouver, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/78 ; B27N 3/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/78 ; B27N 3/18 ;
Abstract
A method of producing a consolidated composite wood product composed of discrete wood elements and a binder by forming a layup and preheating only a central longitudinal portion of the layup by application of microwave energy across the longitudinal axis and then pressing to consolidate the layup and applying further microwave energy in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the application of the preheating microwave energy through the sides of the compressed layup in the press.