Bamboo composite timbers
AssigneeTJ Technology Holdings, LLC
InventorsTorben Djerf, John D. Eisenhut
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Abstract
A bamboo composite timber and method for making the same is presented. Bamboo slats are laid up into a preform in a mold and coated with a urethane adhesive. The slats are arranged in the preform in side-to-side, end-to-end and face-to-face orientation. The composite is subjected to elevated temperature and pressure in the mold until the adhesive cures, the temperature and pressure ensuring uniformity of the resulting timber and eliminating voids and the like internally. The slats may be arranged in any of numerous ways, including three directions of orthogonal relationships.
Claims18
A method for making bamboo composite timbers, comprising the steps of:
- coating a multiplicity of first bamboo slats with an adhesive;
- arranging said multiplicity of bamboo slats in side-to-side, end-to-end and face-to-face contacting engagement into a timber preform;
- curing said timber preform in a press;
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- removing said cured timber preform from said press as a bamboo composite timber.
A bamboo composite timber, comprising:
- a first plurality of bamboo slats arranged in side-to-side, end-to-end and face-to-face contacting engagement and extending in a first direction;
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- an adhesive securedly interconnecting said first plurality of the bamboo slats to each other at said contacting engagement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.