Method and apparatus for making oriented wood particle board

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MAKING A LAMINATED BOARD PRODUCT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LAYERS ADHERED TOGETHER IN FACETO-FACE RELATIONSHIP, EACH OF SAID LAYERS CONSISTING OF WOOD PARTICLES OF GREATER LENGTH THAN THICKNESS AND WIDTH ADHERED TOGETHER AND EACH OF SAID LAYERS HAVING PARTICLES ORIENTED SO THAT THE PARTICLES WITHIN THE LAYER EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY IN ONE DIRECTION, THE ORIENTATION OF THE PARTICLES IN ADJACENT LAYERS BEING TRANSVERSE TO EACH OTHER, AND IN WHICH A PLURALITY OF FORMING STATIONS, EACH COMPRISING SPACED ALIGNMENT MEMBERS MOVING RELATIVELY TO EACH OTHER FOR DIRECTIONALLY ORIENTING SAID WOOD PARTICLES WHILE SAID PARTICLES ARE IN MOTION, ARE ESTABLISHED IN SEQUENCE OVER A MOVING MAT-FORMING SUPPORT AND IN WHICH PARTICLES HAVING A COATING OF RESINOUS BINDER ARE DIRECTIONALLY ALIGNED IN ONE DIRECTION BY THE ALIGNMENT MEMBERS OF ONE FORMING STATION TO PROVIDE A LAYER OF PARTICLES ORIENTED IN ONE DIRECTION ON SAID SUPPORT AND IN WHICH THE PORTION OF SAID SUPPORT ON WHICH SAID LAYER HAS BEEN DEPOSITED MOVES TO AN ADJACENT FORMING STATION OF SAID SEQUENCE WHERE A LAYER OF RESIN-COATED PARTICLES IS DEPOSITED WITH THOSE PARTICLES ORIENTED IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO SAID ONE DIRECTION BY THE ALIGNMENT MEMBERS OF SAID ADJACENT FORMING STATION, AND IN WHICH THE MAT FORMED ON SAID SUPPORT BY MEANS OF SEQUENCE OF FORMING STATIONS IS THEREAFTER CONSOLIDATED UNDER HEAT AND PRESSURE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF MAKING A LAMINATED BOARD PRODUCT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LAYERS ADHERED TOGETHER IN FACETO-FACE RELATIONSHIP, EACH OF SAID LAYERS CONSISTING OF WOOD PARTICLES OF GREATER LENGTH THAN THICKNESS AND WIDTH ADHERED TOGETHER AND EACH OF SAID LAYERS HAVING PARTICLES ORIENTED SO THAT THE PARTICLES WITHIN THE LAYER EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY IN ONE DIRECTION, THE ORIENTATION OF THE PARTICLES IN ADJACENT LAYERS BEING TRANSVERSE TO EACH OTHER, AND IN WHICH A PLURALITY OF FORMING STATIONS, EACH COMPRISING SPACED ALIGNMENT MEMBERS MOVING RELATIVELY TO EACH OTHER FOR DIRECTIONALLY ORIENTING SAID WOOD PARTICLES WHILE SAID PARTICLES ARE IN MOTION, ARE ESTABLISHED IN SEQUENCE OVER A MOVING MAT-FORMING SUPPORT AND IN WHICH PARTICLES HAVING A COATING OF RESINOUS BINDER ARE DIRECTIONALLY ALIGNED IN ONE DIRECTION BY THE ALIGNMENT MEMBERS OF ONE FORMING STATION TO PROVIDE A LAYER OF PARTICLES ORIENTED IN ONE DIRECTION ON SAID SUPPORT AND IN WHICH THE PORTION OF SAID SUPPORT ON WHICH SAID LAYER HAS BEEN DEPOSITED MOVES TO AN ADJACENT FORMING STATION OF SAID SEQUENCE WHERE A LAYER OF RESIN-COATED PARTICLES IS DEPOSITED WITH THOSE PARTICLES ORIENTED IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO SAID ONE DIRECTION BY THE ALIGNMENT MEMBERS OF SAID ADJACENT FORMING STATION, AND IN WHICH THE MAT FORMED ON SAID SUPPORT BY MEANS OF SEQUENCE OF FORMING STATIONS IS THEREAFTER CONSOLIDATED UNDER HEAT AND PRESSURE.