Manufacture of particle board

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR STRATIFYING TREE PARTICLES FOR USE IN THE PRODUCTION OF PARTICLE BOARD, COMPRISING: A SUPPORTING FRAMEWORK; CAUL SUPPORT MEANS ON SAID FRAMEWORK ADAPTED TO MAINTAIN INDIVIDUAL, CAULS IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION AND TO EFFECT LONGITUDINAL MOTION THEREOF; SCREEN MEANS MOUNTED ABOVE SAID CAUL SUPPORT MEANS, SAID SCREEN MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY ADJACENT SCREEN SECTIONS HAVING VARYING SCREEN OPENINGS IN A PROGRESSIVE SIZE SEQUENCE ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF, EACH SECTION BEING SEPARATED FROM THE SECTIONS ADJACENT THERETO BY TRANSVERSE SOLID PARTITIONS; RECIPROCATING DRIVE MEANS ON SAID FRAMEWORK OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SCREEN MEANS ADAPTED TO EFFECT MOTION OF PARTICLES ON SAID SECTIONS PROGRESSIVELY ALONG THE SECTIONS TOWARD THE SECTION HAVING THE LARGEST SCREEN OPENINGS; DELIVERY MEANS LOCATED ABOVE SAID SCREEN MEANS ADAPTED TO DEPOSIT A MIXTURE OF TREE PARTICLES UPON A SCREEN SECTION HAVING RELATIVELY SMALL SCREEN OPENINGS; AND TRANSVERSE BINDER SUPPLY MEANS LOCATED INTERMEDIATE THE CAUL SUPPORT MEANS AND SAID SCREEN MEANS VERTICALLY BELOW EACH PARTITION OF SAID SCREEN MEANS ADAPTED TO DIRECT A BINDING AGENT TOWARD SAID CAUL SUPPORT MEANS IN A LATERALLY DISPERSED DOWNWARD DIRECTION.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR STRATIFYING TREE PARTICLES FOR USE IN THE PRODUCTION OF PARTICLE BOARD, COMPRISING: A SUPPORTING FRAMEWORK; CAUL SUPPORT MEANS ON SAID FRAMEWORK ADAPTED TO MAINTAIN INDIVIDUAL, CAULS IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION AND TO EFFECT LONGITUDINAL MOTION THEREOF; SCREEN MEANS MOUNTED ABOVE SAID CAUL SUPPORT MEANS, SAID SCREEN MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY ADJACENT SCREEN SECTIONS HAVING VARYING SCREEN OPENINGS IN A PROGRESSIVE SIZE SEQUENCE ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF, EACH SECTION BEING SEPARATED FROM THE SECTIONS ADJACENT THERETO BY TRANSVERSE SOLID PARTITIONS; RECIPROCATING DRIVE MEANS ON SAID FRAMEWORK OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SCREEN MEANS ADAPTED TO EFFECT MOTION OF PARTICLES ON SAID SECTIONS PROGRESSIVELY ALONG THE SECTIONS TOWARD THE SECTION HAVING THE LARGEST SCREEN OPENINGS; DELIVERY MEANS LOCATED ABOVE SAID SCREEN MEANS ADAPTED TO DEPOSIT A MIXTURE OF TREE PARTICLES UPON A SCREEN SECTION HAVING RELATIVELY SMALL SCREEN OPENINGS; AND TRANSVERSE BINDER SUPPLY MEANS LOCATED INTERMEDIATE THE CAUL SUPPORT MEANS AND SAID SCREEN MEANS VERTICALLY BELOW EACH PARTITION OF SAID SCREEN MEANS ADAPTED TO DIRECT A BINDING AGENT TOWARD SAID CAUL SUPPORT MEANS IN A LATERALLY DISPERSED DOWNWARD DIRECTION.