Laminar Building Block, and System and Method for its Manufacture
OwnerDirk Wallaceinventor
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Abstract
A laminar sheet and building block include re-sawed mini-sheets from laminar plank or beam starting material wherein the mini-sheets are oriented transversely to one another and vertically stacked and adhered. A system and methods for their manufacture also are also disclosed. The building block features a unique surface and edge appearance and is denser, more durable, more sag- and warp-resistant, and less expensive than conventional building blocks.
Claims23
A laminar building block comprising:
- plural laminar sheets in a stack of a defined thickness,
- wherein adjacent ones of the plural stacked laminar sheets are adhered to one another, and
- wherein each sheet includes plural aligned uniformly dimensioned micro-strips adjacent ones of which are adhered to each other,
- the laminar building block being of a generally right parallelepiped shape having planar dimensions that are substantially greater than the defined thickness of the plural stacked laminar sheets.
A laminar sheet comprising:
- plural aligned mini-strips adjacent ones of which are adhered to one another along abutted edges thereof,
- wherein each mini-strip includes plural aligned uniformly dimensioned micro-strips adjacent ones of which are adhered to one another along abutted edges thereof, the plural aligned and adhered mini-strips forming a unitary planar sheet.
A method for manufacturing a laminar building block, the method comprising:
- forming a plurality of sheet-like laminates by laying side-by-side a plurality of thin sheet-like mini-strips, each mini-strip including plural micro-strips;
- adhering together adjacent edges of the mini-strips;
- stacking the plurality of sheet-like laminates while alternately rotationally orientating the grains thereof relative to one another;
- and
- adhering together adjacent ones of the stacked and alternately rotationally oriented plurality of sheet-like laminates.
A method for manufacturing a laminar building block, the method comprising:
- forming a plurality of sheet-like laminates, each laminate including plural micro-strips adjacent ones of which are adhered to one another along abutted edges thereof;
- stacking the plurality of sheet-like laminates while alternately rotationally orientating the grains thereof relative to one another;
- and
- adhering together adjacent ones of the stacked and alternately rotationally oriented plurality of sheet-like laminates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.