Patents Assigned to The Willamette Valley Company LLC
  • Publication number: 20220332959
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved product and method of applying a product to remedy any deficiencies of wood and wood products while maintaining the quality of current processing and increasing efficiency. In one aspect of the present invention, a method of repairing wood or wood products comprises analyzing a wood or wood product for a defect, the wood or wood product having a surface; identifying the defect in the wood or wood product; identifying a location of the defect in said wood or wood product; preparing for repair the surface of the wood or wood product in the location of said defect; applying a two-component urethane to the surface of said wood or wood product in the location of the defect, said two-component urethane comprising a polyol mixture and an isocyanate; and, curing the two-component urethane for a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: The Willamette Valley Company LLC
    Inventors: J. Evan Davis, Nicklas Polizzi
  • Patent number: 11046860
    Abstract: A multi-component, chemically-curing, non-cellular, polymeric composition includes a resin component having a resin density, a reactive component having a reactive component density, and an aggregate component having a spherical shape, a diameter of about 0.1 mm to about 10 mm and an aggregate density. The density of the aggregate component is within 2 lbs/gallon of the density of at least one of the resin component or the reactive component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: The Willamette Valley Company LLC
    Inventor: Nathan E. Werst
  • Patent number: 9920228
    Abstract: The disclosed composite wood particulate products, adhesives contained in such wood particulate products, and methods of making the adhesive and the wood particulate products employ an aldehyde-free adhesive, and more specifically a formaldehyde-free adhesive. The aldehyde-free adhesive includes an inert additive that extends a resin, such as an isocyanate resin, and forms an evenly dispersed, less expensive polymeric adhesive admixture. The extender-filler of the resin is mixed with water to form a slurry. The slurry can then be mixed with a resin, like the isocyanate resin, to form the adhesive. Various rheology modifiers can be added, if desired, to the extender-filler or the slurry. The adhesive can be blended with wood particles to form a mat that is then pressed into a composite wood particulate product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: The Willamette Valley Company LLC
    Inventors: Philip N. Cote, Omar Tiba, Wallace K. Rowland, Robert J. Rubash, Randall C. Zenke, Sudip Chowdhury