Molding fiber composition

Claim 1

A HOT-MOLDABLE COMPOSITION OF FELTABLE FIBERS COMPRISING ESSENTIALLY AND IN SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION, FELTABLE FIBER-FORMS OF MECHANICALLY DEFIBERED WOOD CONTAINING SUBSTANTIALLY ALL THE CONTENT OF THE WOOD FROM WHICH THE FIBERS ARE DERIVED INCLUDING ALL THE CELLULOSE AS CELLULOSE AND INCLUDING WATER-SOLUBLE FORMS OF LIGNIN AND POLYSACCHARIDES WHICH FORMS ARE PRODUCTS OF REACTION IN THE WOOD OF NATURAL WATER-INSOLUBLE CONSTITUENTS OF THE WOOD IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF STEAM AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE 212* F. AND AT WHICH LIGNIN IN THE WOOD IS SOFTENED, AND FROM 4 PARTS TO ABOUT 150 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF RESINOUS SOLIDS PER 100 PARTS OF DRY FIBER, SAID SOLIDS BEING ADHESIVELY UNITED TO THE FIBERS, SOME OF SAID SOLIDS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THERMOSET RESIN SOLIDS AS A SEALING RESIN COAT ON SAID FIBERS AS INDIVIDUAL FIBERS, AND THE REMAINDER OF SAID SOLIDS BEING HEAT-SOFTENABLE AND THERMOSETTING RESIN-FORMING SOLIDS PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT BY WEIGHT FROM ABOUT 4 PARTS PER 100 PARTS OF DRY FIBER, SAID COMPOSITION BEING CHARACTERIZED BY THE ABILITY OF THE FIBERS TO MOVE ONE RELATIVE TO THE OTHERS AT A SOFTENING HEAT FOR SAID SOLIDS, WHEREBY TO FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF FIBERS IN A HOT-MOLDING OPERATION.