US4112162A
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Structural chipboard wood beam
Assignee: Svenska Utvecklings AB
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Filing: 1974-03-27
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Granted: 1978-09-05
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Expires: 1994-03-27
Abstract
Abstract A chipboard beam made of glue coated chips has top and bottom layers extending for the full length of the beam consisting of elongated chips, that may be for example as much as 5cm in length oriented with their fibers in the longitudinal direction of the beam. The middle layer is made of flat chips having random fiber orientations in a vertical plane parallel to the long dimension of the beam. The chips are glued together under heat and pressure in a press, with the result that there is great coherence both between and within the layers. The pressing is done with the wider cross-sectional dimension of the beam horizontal, so that at this stage the layers of chips are side-by-side longitudinal stringers. In order to provide higher density in the outer layers (top and bottom layers in the load bearing position of the beam) after a preliminary pressing of the bed downwards against the support of the bed, a lateral pressing of the edges with higher pressure is performed which provides increasing density of the edges which become the top and bottom of the beam.
Inventors
- 👤 Sven Gustav Casselbrant
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 15:15
CPC Classifications
B; B27; B27N; B27N3/00; B27N3/08; B27N3/10; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24058; Y10T428/24066; Y10T428/24124; Y10T428/24132; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/253; Y10T428/4935; Y10T428/662
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
A structural beam of compressed glued wood chips comprising three layers (1, 1', 2) of said chips, each of said layers extending over the entire length of the beam, said layers being stacked in the direction of the wider and normally vertical cross-sectional dimension of the beam, the outer and normally upper and lower layers (1, 1') consisting predominantly of chips having a shape elongated in the principal direction of orientation of their respective fibers, said chips of said outer layers (1, 1') being oriented in said layers with their long dimension substantially in the longitudinal direction of the beam and the middle layer (2) consisting predominantly of flat chips having their fibers oriented substantially in normally vertical planes, which planes are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the beam and within which planes the fibers of the chips are randomly oriented.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
A structural beam of compressed glued wood chips comprising three layers (1, 1', 2) of said chips, each of said layers extending over the entire length of the beam, said layers being stacked in the direction of the wider and normally vertical cross-sectional dimension of the beam, the outer and normally upper and lower layers (1, 1') consisting predominantly of chips having a shape elongated in the principal direction of orientation of their respective fibers, said chips of said outer layers (1, 1') being oriented in said layers with their long dimension substantially in the longitudinal direction of the beam and the middle layer (2) consisting predominantly of flat chips having their fibers oriented substantially in normally vertical planes, which planes are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the beam and within which planes the fibers of the chips are randomly oriented.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A structural beam as defined in claim 1 in which the chips forming said middle layer (2) are predominantly flat chips of a shape elongated in the principal direction of orientation of their respective fibers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A structural beam as defined in claim 1 in which said middle layer (2) is of lower density than said outer layers (1, 1').
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A structural beam as defined in claim 1 in which said outer layers (1, 1') have a density that increases in going from their respective boundary surfaces with said middle layer (2) to their opposite outer surfaces.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
170 words
A structural beam of compressed glued wood chips comprising three layers (1, 1', 2) of said chips, each of said layers extending over the entire length of the beam, said layers being stacked in the direction of the wider and normally vertical cross-sectional dimension of the beam, the outer and normally upper and lower layers (1, 1') consisting predominantly of chips of a shape elongated in the principal direction of their respective fibers, said chips of said outer layers being oriented with their long dimension substantially in the longitudinal dimension of the beam, and the middle layer (2) consisting predominantly of flat chips of a shape elongated in the principal direction of thier respective fibers and having their fibers oriented in substantially vertical planes, which planes are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the beam and within which planes the fibers of the chips are oriented principally in two oblique directions, each at substantially 45° both to said longitudinal direction and to said normally vertical cross-sectional dimension of the beam.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
170 words
A structural beam of compressed glued wood chips comprising three layers (1, 1', 2) of said chips, each of said layers extending over the entire length of the beam, said layers being stacked in the direction of the wider and normally vertical cross-sectional dimension of the beam, the outer and normally upper and lower layers (1, 1') consisting predominantly of chips of a shape elongated in the principal direction of their respective fibers, said chips of said outer layers being oriented with their long dimension substantially in the longitudinal dimension of the beam, and the middle layer (2) consisting predominantly of flat chips of a shape elongated in the principal direction of thier respective fibers and having their fibers oriented in substantially vertical planes, which planes are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the beam and within which planes the fibers of the chips are oriented principally in two oblique directions, each at substantially 45° both to said longitudinal direction and to said normally vertical cross-sectional dimension of the beam.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
A structural beam as defined in claim 5 in which said middle layer (2) is of lower density than said outer layers (1, 1').
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
A structural beam as defined in claim 5 in which said outer layers (1, 1') have a density that increases in going from their respective boundary surfaces with said middle layer (2) to their opposite outer surfaces.
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