Apparatus for felting wafers in waferboard production

Claim 2

Apparatus for felting wood wafers in production of waferboards comprising a container having a peripheral wall, a cone mounted for rotation in the container centrally thereof, power means for spinning the cone, means for directing a stream of wood wafers on to the cone, conveying means for moving supporting plates along a path spaced below said container, and a plurality of tubes having upper ends opening into the container and arranged around the cone, said tubes extending downwardly without extreme bends to lower ends located immediately above the supporting plates moving along the path, said lower ends being arranged side by side in rows extending transversely of said path and across the width of the supporting plates, said tubes distributing the wafers evenly on to the moving plates across the width thereof to form thereon felted mats of uniform predetermined thickness.

Claim 3

Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which directing means is positioned to direct the wafers on to the apex of thE cone.

Claim 4

Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which the upper ends of said tubes are arranged substantially in a circle around the base of the cone, and the lower ends of the tubes of each quadrant of the circle are arranged in various rows of the tubes.

Claim 5

Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which the upper ends of said tubes are arranged substantially in a circle around the base of the cone with six tubes in each quadrant of the circle, and the lower ends of the tubes are arranged in four transverse rows with the lower ends of the tubes of each quadrant in various rows.

Claim 6

Apparatus as claimed in claim 2 in which the upper ends of said tubes are arranged substantially in a circle around the base of the cone, and the lower ends of the tubes of each quadrant of the circle are arranged in various rows of the tubes.

Claim 7

Apparatus as claimed in claim 2 in which the upper ends of said tubes are arranged substantially in a circle around the base of the cone with six tubes in each quadrant of the circle, and the lower ends of the tubes are arranged in four transverse rows with the lower ends of the tubes of each quadrant in various rows.

Claim 8

Apparatus for felting wafers in waferboard production, comprising means for moving supporting plates longitudinally along a path, a container above the level of said path and having a bottom and a peripheral wall, a cone mounted for rotation centrally of said bottom and spaced from the peripheral wall, a plurality of tubes having upper ends opening through the container bottom between said cone and the peripheral wall, said tubes being arranged with their upper ends around the cone in consecutive groups and extending downwardly without extreme bends to lower ends located immediately above the supporting plates moving along the path, said lower ends being arranged side by side in rows extending across said path, said rows being spaced apart longitudinally along the path, the lower ends of each of said groups being arranged in various rows, and means for directing wood wafers on to the cone near the apex thereof, said cone flinging the wafers radially outwardly to the upper ends of the tubes to be directed by said tubes on to supporting plates moving beneath the lower ends of the tubes and across the width of said plates to form felted mats of uniform predetermined thickness thereon.

Claim 9

Apparatus for felting wafers in waferboard production, comprising means for moving supporting plates longitudinally along a path, a container above the level of said path and having a bottom and a peripheral wall, a cone mounted for rotation centrally of said bottom and spaced from the peripheral wall, a plurality of tubes having upper ends opening through the container bottom between said cone and the peripheral wall, said tubes being arranged with their upper ends around the cone in consecutive groups and extending downwardly without extreme bends to lower ends located immediately above the supporting plates moving along the path, said lower ends being arranged side by side in rows extending across said path, said rows being spaced apart longitudinally along the path, the lower ends of each of said groups being arranged in various rows, and means for directing wood wafers on to the cone near the apex thereof, said cone flinging the wafers radially outwardly to the upper ends of the tubes to be directed by said tubes on to supporting plates moving beneath the lower ends of the tubes and across the width of said plates to form felted mats of uniform predetermined thickness thereon.