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US 2006/0179741 A1Published application
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OwnerThomas Sohminventor
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The invention involves a panel element consisting of a number of boards or beams arranged adjacent to each other and edgewise to the surface of the panel element, whereby wooden dowels are provided, which penetrate all of the panel element's for the purpose of connecting the boards or beams. The wooden dowels can be made of a hardwood such as beech. A softwood such as spruce or pitch pine can be used for the boards. To manufacture the panel element the adjacently arranged boards are provided with appropriate bore holes, and the wooden dowels are driven into the pre-bored holes. It is not necessary to use glue. A strong connection is created because when the wooden dowels are driven in, the moisture content is less than the moisture content of the panels when installed. A panel element, according to the invention, can form a load bearing ceiling or wall element.
Panel elements consisting of a number of boards or beams arranged adjacent to each other and edgewise to the surface of the panel element, whereby wooden dowels are provided that penetrate all of the panel element's adjacent boards or beams for the purpose of connecting the boards or beams and characterized by the fact that these wooden dowels (3) are placed at an angle (5) to the perpendiculars (4) of the face sides of the boards (1) or beams of the panel elements, which comes to a minimum of 15°, preferably at least 25°, whereby the wooden dowels (3) are angled in both directions with respect to these perpendicular sides (4).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.