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US 12,312,501 B2Granted
Methods and bonding agents for forming simulated tropical hardwood panel
AssigneeGreene Rev LLC
InventorPaul D. Senior
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Abstract
A method of forming an engineered veneer block includes stacking a plurality of laminate layers and resistive heating the stack of the plurality of laminate layers to cure an adhesive in the plurality of laminate layers.
Claims20
A method of forming an engineered veneer block, the method comprising:
- stacking a plurality of laminate layers to form a veneer stack, the plurality of laminate layers including a topmost laminate layer and a bottommost laminate layer opposite the topmost laminate layer;
- contacting a topmost surface of the topmost laminate layer with a first conductor, the first conductor in contact with the entire topmost surface;
- contacting a bottommost surface of the bottommost laminate layer with a second conductor, the second conductor in contact with the entire bottommost surface;
- and
- resistive heating the veneer stack to cure an adhesive in the plurality of laminate layers by transmitting electrical energy between the first conductor and the second conductor through an entire thickness of each laminate layer of the plurality of laminate layers.
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A method of forming an engineered veneer block, the method comprising:
- stacking a plurality of laminate layers to form a veneer stack, the veneer stack having a topmost surface and a bottommost surface opposite the topmost surface;
- and
- transmitting electrical energy from the bottommost surface to the topmost surface or from the topmost surface to the bottommost surface such that the electrical energy passes through an entire thickness of each laminate layer of the stack of the plurality of laminate layers between the topmost surface and the bottommost surface to resistively heat the veneer stack to cure an adhesive in the plurality of laminate layers, the electrical energy from the bottommost surface to the topmost surface or from the topmost surface to the bottommost surface such that the electrical energy is distributed across the entire topmost surface or the entire bottommost surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.