Composite material paneling and method of making the same
AssigneeEcoem, L.L.C.
InventorsPhilippe R. Murcia, Robert J. Hess
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Abstract
A composite material panel having alternating layers of wood veneer with recycled or waste material. The layers are sandwiched together. The technique involves forming the composite material layer by layer and employing materials in each layer that are suited to satisfy requirements for specific kinds of construction. The layer of recycled or waste material is preferably flexible and has memory. Some examples include plastic straw, bars from plastic, tires or metal, balls from plastic or tires, sheet from plastic, tires or metal, air bubble cushioning from plastic. The metal is exemplified by aluminum and tin.
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A method of forming a sandwiched, multilayer composite panel, comprising the steps of:
- (A) ascertaining abrasion and mechanical resistance, insulation, flexibility, solidity, and memory properties that are necessary to at least satisfy specific requirements for a panel suited for use in a particular kind of construction;
- (B) choosing and obtaining a particular kind of recycled or waste material based on the ascertaining;
- (C) shredding or melting the recycled or waste material into strips,
- (D) transforming wood waste into sheets of wood veneer;
- (E) placing the strips on one sheet of the wood veneer;
- (F) joining the strips to the one sheet of wood veneer;
- (G) placing a further sheet of the wood veneer onto the joined strips to sandwich the same between two sheets of the wood veneer;
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- (H) joining the strips to the further sheet of the wood veneer to form a sandwiched, multilayer composite panel.
An apparatus for providing sandwiched, multilayer composite panel, comprising:
- (A) means for ascertaining abrasion and mechanical resistance, insulation, flexibility, solidity, and memory properties that are necessary to at least satisfy specific requirements for a panel suited for use in a particular kind of construction;
- (B) means for choosing and obtaining a particular kind of recycled or waste material based on the ascertaining;
- (C) means for shredding or melting the recycled or waste material into strips,
- (D) means for transforming wood waste into sheets of wood veneer;
- (E) means for placing the strips on one sheet of the wood veneer;
- (F) means for joining the strips to the one sheet of wood veneer;
- (G) means for placing a further sheet of the wood veneer onto the strips to sandwich the same between two sheets of the wood veneer;
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- (H) means for joining the strips to the further sheet of the wood veneer to form a sandwiched, multilayer composite panel.
A multi-layer, composite panel, comprising:
- two sheets of wood veneer;
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- a sandwiched layer of recycled or waste strips that is sandwiched between the two sheets of wood veneer, the recycled or waste material being selected from a group consisting of plastic, metal and tires and being joined to the two sheets of wood veneer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.