Method of manufacturing composite paper and veneer sheet material

Claim 1

IN THE METHOD OF CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURE OF COMPOSITE SHEET MATERIAL HAVING LONGITUDINAL RUNS OF PAPER AS OUTER LAMINATIONS, AND TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING WOOD VENEER SLATS ADHESIVELY BONDED IN A LONGITUDINAL ROW BETWEEN SAID RUNS OF PAPER, THE STEPS OF FORMING SAID ROW OF WOOD VENEER SLATS WITH CERTAIN SLATS OF THE ROW SPACED APART AT ADJACENT EDGES LONGITUDINALLY OF THE ROW, INITIALLY SEPARATELY ADVANCING THE RUNS OF PAPER AND SAID ROW WHILE MAINTAINING SUCH SPACING OF SAID CERTAIN SLATS, APPLYING AN ADHESIVE TO THE INNER FACE OF EACH OF THE RUNS OF PAPER WHILE SO ADVANCING, LAMINATING THE ROW OF WOOD VENEER SLATA BETWEEN SAID RUNS OF PAPER INTO A CONTUNUOUSLY ADVANCING COMPOSITE SHEET MATERIAL WHEREIN SUCH SPACING OF SAID CERTAIN SLATS IS MAINTAINED, AND THEN SUBJECTING SAID CONTINUOUSLY ADVANCING COMPOSITE SHEET MATERIAL TO COMPRESSION TO BOND THE RUNS OF PAPER TO THE SLATS AND SAID RUNS TO EACH OTHER IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID CERTAIN SLATS.