Abstract: The invention relates to a travelling finisher apparatus for laying down a road surfacing layer of a bituminous compound material, comprising a first precompacting and levelling screed carried by a frame, and optionally a second levelling screed connected to a vibratory drive arrangement, whereby a particularly high degree of compaction is achieved so that subsequent roller compaction is not required. This is accomplished by providing a vertically guided compactor bar extending transversely of the direction of travel at the rear of the first screed and being of substantially narrower width than said first levelling plank, said compactor bar being continually in contact with the surface of the precompacted surfacing layer and adapted to be acted on by linear pulsating forces acting between the frame and the compactor bar, and generated by a drive source the reaction forces of which are absorbed by the frame.

Abstract: In manufacturing pressed boards, a flowable mixture of thermosetting resinous material and filler is blown through one or more nozzles into a converging throat formed by a pair of relatively inclined perforated conveyor bands in which the mixture is compacted into a continuous, coherent but preferably still pliable web by the application of heat to preset the resinous material thereof. The web may be immediately converted into a rigid board by being led, without intermediate cooling, into a continuously working press for final condensation of the resin; on the way to that press it may be subjected to a finishing operation, as by adhesion of preheated strips of paper or other coverings to its still tacky surfaces.

Abstract: A layer-forming apparatus for making particle-board mats comprises a spreading head adapted to deposit particulate matter upon a mat-forming surface. The distributing head comprises an array of mutually parallel interdigitated disk rollers with the interfitting disks defining progressively increasing interstitial spaces as the particles move from one side of the roller array to the other side thereof.

Abstract: A layer-forming apparatus, particularly for the preparation of particle-board mats adapted to be compressed with heating in a platen or other press to form a coherent structure generally known as particle board, comprises a dispensing unit for metering the particulate matter onto a conveyor to form the layer and, between the dispensing unit and the conveyor, a classifying device for separating fine particles from coarser particles. The conveyor feeds a head which spreads the particles from the layer on a receiving surface. The receiving surface carries the mat and the head is designed to deposit the coarser particles of the layer from the conveyor either before or after the fine particles so that the fine particles form a facing zone on the bottom and/or top of the mat.

Abstract: In manufacturing pressed boards, a flowable mixture of thermosetting resinous material and filler is blown through one or more nozzles into a converging throat formed by a pair of relatively inclined perforated conveyor bands in which the mixture is compacted into a continuous, coherent and self-supporting web by the application of heat to preset the resinous material thereof. The web is transversely cut into individually manipulable sections which are fed by a stack conveyor to a platen press, operating in step with the feeding and cutting mechanisms, for final setting of the resin.