Abstract: A wood treating method and apparatus whereby a wood which is thin or bent, such as a soft wood or wood removed during growth or a wood from thinning, is strengthened, straightened and molded in any desired shape, wherein after the wood is heated and softened in a high temperature high pressure atmosphere, mechanical compressive forces are applied to the wood to minimize the voids in the wood; thus, the wood is hardened, strengthened and the bent wood is corrected, making it possible to form the wood in any desired shape without lumbering the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 21, 1993
Date of Patent:
September 6, 1994
Assignees:
Hisaka Works Limited, Mitsuhiko Tanahashi
Abstract: A wood treating method and apparatus in which a wood which is thin or bent, such as a soft wood or wood removed during growth or a wood from thinning, is strengthened, straightened and molded in any desired shape, wherein after the wood is heated and softened in a high temperature high pressure atmosphere, mechanical compressive forces are applied to the wood to minimize the voids in the wood; thus, the wood is hardened, strengthened and the bent wood is corrected, making it possible to form the wood in any desired shape without lumbering the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 1, 1991
Date of Patent:
September 28, 1993
Assignees:
Hisaka Works Limited, Mitsuhiko Tanahashi