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Method for producing sheets of wood with differentiated porosities
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1985-07-16
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Granted: 1988-03-15
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Expires: 2005-07-16
Abstract
Abstract A method for producing sheets of precomposed wood, with differentiated porosities, designed to imitate rotary-cut veneers and/or sheared sheets of natural wood. According to the method claimed herein, sheets of wood with differentiated porosities are obtained by cutting or shearing a block of precomposed wood, made up of sheets of natural wood having a first degree of porosity disposed between sheets of precomposed wood having a different degree of porosity, so as to imitate the typical graining and fibre structure of natural wood.
Inventors
- 👤 Giovanna Senzani
Bibliographic Details
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 23:32
CPC Classifications
B; B27; B27L; B27L5/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/10; Y10T156/1052; Y10T156/1062; Y10T156/1075; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24058; Y10T428/24066; Y10T428/24355; Y10T428/24438
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
221 words
Method for producing sheets of precomposed wood with differentiated porosity, suitable for imitating sheets of natural wood, according to which the final sheets of precomposed wood are sliced from a block of wood obtained by overlapping numerous sheets of wood glued together, comprising the following steps: preparing natural wood sheets having a homogenous structure and a first degree of porosity; preparing first precomposed wood sheets having a fibrous structure and a second degree of porosity, higher than said first degree of porosity; forming a first block of precomposed wood by overlapping said natural wood sheets and said first precomposed wood sheets, sutiably provided with an adhesive substance; making the sheets adhere to one another by exerting pressure on the first block; slicing second precomposed wood sheets from said first block, in a direction parallel to a pre-established cutting plane; forming a second block of precomposed wood by overlapping said natural wood sheets and said second precomposed wood sheets, suitably provided with an adhesive substance; making the sheets adhere to one another by exerting pressure on the second block; and slicing third precomposed wood sheets from said second block in a direction parallel to a pre-established cutting plane, thus obtaining final sheets of wood presenting grains with desired amounts of alternate bands of at least one of different widths, appearance and porosity.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
221 words
Method for producing sheets of precomposed wood with differentiated porosity, suitable for imitating sheets of natural wood, according to which the final sheets of precomposed wood are sliced from a block of wood obtained by overlapping numerous sheets of wood glued together, comprising the following steps: preparing natural wood sheets having a homogenous structure and a first degree of porosity; preparing first precomposed wood sheets having a fibrous structure and a second degree of porosity, higher than said first degree of porosity; forming a first block of precomposed wood by overlapping said natural wood sheets and said first precomposed wood sheets, sutiably provided with an adhesive substance; making the sheets adhere to one another by exerting pressure on the first block; slicing second precomposed wood sheets from said first block, in a direction parallel to a pre-established cutting plane; forming a second block of precomposed wood by overlapping said natural wood sheets and said second precomposed wood sheets, suitably provided with an adhesive substance; making the sheets adhere to one another by exerting pressure on the second block; and slicing third precomposed wood sheets from said second block in a direction parallel to a pre-established cutting plane, thus obtaining final sheets of wood presenting grains with desired amounts of alternate bands of at least one of different widths, appearance and porosity.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, comprising the use of glue or an adhesive substance, for forming the first and second blocks of precomposed wood, of a transparent, white and/or colored nature.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, in which said sheets of natural wood, said first and second sheets of precomposed wood used for preparing blocks of precomposed wood, present thicknesses ranging from approximately 0.2 to 3 mm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, in which the sheets of natural wood are of identical thickness.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, in which the sheets of natural wood are of different thicknesses.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, in which the block of precomposed wood is formed by overlapping one or more sheets of natural wood and one or more sheets of precomposed wood.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, in which the sheets of natural wood are of the same color as the wood originally used.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, in which the sheets of natural wood are colored or dyed.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, in which the sheets of natural wood are obtained by rotary cutting a log of natural wood.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
57 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, in which said second block of precomposed wood comprises second sheets of precomposed wood obtained by cutting from a first block of precomposed wood made up of sheets of natural wood obtained by rotary cutting and/or tangential slicing and/or radial slicing of a log of at least one species of wood.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, in which the sheets of natural wood used for preparing the second sheets of precomposed wood are dyed of colored.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, in which said first block of precomposed wood is made up of sheets of natural wood belonging to the same species of wood.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, in which said first block of precomposed wood is made up of sheets of natural wood belonging to different species of wood.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, in which said first block of precomposed wood is made up of sheets of natural wood of the same thickness or of different thicknesses.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
34 words
Method as claimed in claim 1, in which said second sheets of precomposed wood are sliced parallelly to a cutting plane transverse to planes of the wood sheets making up said first precomposed block.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
43 words
Method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising the step of forming a third block of precomposed wood by means of second sheets of precomposed wood obtained by cutting a second block of precomposed wood intermediate to said first and third precomposed blocks.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
27 words
Method as claimed in claim 16, in which the first sheets of precomposed wood utilized for forming said second block of precomposed wood are dyed or colored.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
29 words
Method as claimed in claim 16, in which said first sheets of precomposed wood utilized for forming said second block of precomposed wood are of equal or different thicknesses.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
36 words
Method as claimed in claim 16, in which said second sheets of precomposed wood, are cut parallel to a cutting plane transverse to the planes of the sheets of precomposed wood forming said second precomposed block.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
48 words
Method as claimed in claim 16, comprising the step for producing a third sheet of precomposed wood, by cutting said sheets from said second precomposed block, according to cutting planes parallel to, and/or forming an angle with the planes of the wood sheets making up the second block.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
52 words
Method as claimed in claim 16, comprising the step of forming said third block of precomposed wood, by alternating at least one sheet of natural wood, with at least one of said first sheets of precomposed wood and/or with at least one of said second and/or said third sheets of precomposed wood.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
37 words
Method as claimed in claim 16, comprising the step of forming said third block of precomposed wood, by alternating at least one sheet of natural wood, with at least one of said first sheets of precomposed wood.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
37 words
Method as claimed in claim 16, comprising the step of forming said third block of precomposed wood, by alternating at least one sheet of natrual wood, with at least one of said second sheets of precomposed wood.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
37 words
Method as claimed in claim 16, comprising the step of forming said third block of precomposed wood, by alternating at least one sheet of natural wood, with at least one of said third sheets of precomposed wood.
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