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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Eugene R. Knokey, Anacordes, WA (US);
Ernest W. Schmidt, Sheridan, WY (US);
Inventors:
Eugene R. Knokey, Anacordes, WA (US);
Ernest W. Schmidt, Sheridan, WY (US);
Assignees:
The Coe Manufacturing Company, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Wyoming Sawmills, Inc., Sheridan, WY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C003/12 ; B27D001/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for forming structural beams and the beams resulting from such methods are disclosed. The disclosed methods compress and adhesively bond wood strands into beams. A beam formed from any one of the disclosed methods may, if desired, have any one of several disclosed shapes, strand configurations, or strand densities.