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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2007
Yukio Abe, Aichi, JP;
Makoto Isobe, Aichi, JP;
Issaku Okamura, Aichi, JP;
Hiroshige Oda, Aichi, JP;
Akihito Hamaguchi, Aichi, JP;
Noriyuki Honda, Aichi, JP;
Yukio Abe, Aichi, JP;
Makoto Isobe, Aichi, JP;
Issaku Okamura, Aichi, JP;
Hiroshige Oda, Aichi, JP;
Akihito Hamaguchi, Aichi, JP;
Noriyuki Honda, Aichi, JP;
Meinan Machinery Works, Inc., Obu-shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of holding a veneer sheet which has been dried to a moisture content lower than the fiber saturation point and also heated to a temperature higher than an ambient temperature of an environment where the veneer sheet is held. The veneer sheet is bent in such way that at least a part of the veneer sheet in the longitudinal section thereof along the grain direction is curved and the same veneer sheet in any transverse section thereof perpendicular to the grain direction is substantially straight. The veneer sheet held bent is held for a predetermined period of time.