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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Robert Arthur Franich, Rotorua, NZ;
Sheryl Suzanne Gallagher, Rotorua, NZ;
Hendricus Wilhelmus Kroese, Rotorua, NZ;
Inventors:
Robert Arthur Franich, Rotorua, NZ;
Sheryl Suzanne Gallagher, Rotorua, NZ;
Hendricus Wilhelmus Kroese, Rotorua, NZ;
Assignee:
New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited, Rotorua, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for removing water and solutes from the lumens of green wood, while leaving the cell walls throughout the wood uniformly fully swollen, comprises subjecting the green wood to supercritical carbon dioxide.