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A method for molding articles such as pallets from flake-like wood particles mixed with binder, the pallets housing a deck and integral molding legs. A loosely fitted mat of wood flakes is formed by depositing a first plurality of layers of wood flakes onto a supporting surface with a flake aligners

A method for molding articles such as pallets from flake-like wood particles mixed with binder, the pallets housing a deck and integral molding legs. A loosely fitted mat of wood flakes is formed by depositing a first plurality of layers of wood flakes onto a supporting surface with a flake aligners provided for causing alignment of those flakes which will form legs of the pallet. A second plurality of layers are formed with a flake aligner provided for causing alignment of flakes which will form the legs of the pallet and in a direction transverse to the direction of alignment of the flakes of the first layers.

대표청구항 ▼

A method for molding an article having a major plane and at least one non-planar portion displaced from the major plane, the method comprising the steps of: providing flake-like wood particles; admixing a resinous particle board binder into the wood particles; depositing the mixture of wood particle

A method for molding an article having a major plane and at least one non-planar portion displaced from the major plane, the method comprising the steps of: providing flake-like wood particles; admixing a resinous particle board binder into the wood particles; depositing the mixture of wood particles and binder onto a support structure to form a loosely felted layered mat, the wood particles in the loosely felted layered mat lying substantially flat in planes generally parallel to the major plane of the mat, and said loosely felted layered mat including a first layer and a second layer supported by the first layer, and said wood particles in at least a portion of the first layer in the area of the mat to form the non-planar portion of the article being aligned in a first direction in substantially mutually parallel relation, and said wood particles in at least a portion of the second-layer in the area of the mat forming the non-planar portion being aligned in substantially mutually parallel relation in a second direction transverse to said first direction, positioning the loosely felted layered mat in an open press between spaced dies having the shape of the molded article being formed, and pressing the mat between the dies and applying sufficient heat and pressure to the mat to compress it into substantially the desired shape and size of the article to bond the wood particles together.