Machine and method for manufacture of strip plywood

Claim 1

A METHOD OF FORMING PLYWOOD IN CONTINUOUS FASHION COMPRISING THE STEPS OF MOVING A FIRST SERIES OF STRIPS ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH, MOVING AT LEAST A SECOND SERIES OF STRIPS ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH WHICH CONVERGES TOWARD THE FIRST-MENTIONED PATH, ARRANGING THE STRIPS OF EACH SERIES IN OBLIQUE RELATION TO THE STRIPS OF THE OUTER SERIES AND IN CONTIGUOUS RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER, COMBINING THE STRIPS AT THE CONVERGENCE OF SUCH PATHS TO PROVIDE A WEB OF STRIPS, APPLYING ADHESIVE MATERIAL TO AT LEAST ONE OF THE SERIES OF STRIPS PRIOR TO THE CONVERGING ZONE, AND EFFECTING A BOND BETWEEN THE STRIPS OF ONE LAYER WITH THE STRIPS OF THE OTHER LAYER THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF SUCB ADHESIVE MATERIAL AFTER SAID STRIPS HAVE BEEN COMBINED AT THE CONVERGENCE ZONE, AND SECURING A LONG LENGTH OF EDGE GLUED VENEER PLY TO ONE SIDE OF THE WEB OF STRIPS AFTER THE WEB IS FORMED.