Wooden tile and a method of making the same
OwnerBunlue Yontrarakinventor
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Abstract
A wooden tile which is preferably used for floor covering is formed by a number of individual members which are bonded together. The wooden tile is made by knife cutting a sheet of wood from a substantially stressless piece of timber and then cutting the individual members from the wooden sheet. Adhesive such as ureaformaldehyde is applied to the edges of the members to bond them together. Alternatively, the individual members are adhesively bonded onto a mesh and some adhesive seeps between the edges of the members. The tile so formed is flexible, durable and economic to manufacture.
Claims33
A method of making a flexible wooden tile consisting essentially of the steps of subjecting a piece of timber to a stress relieving process to relieve stresses in the timber, knife cutting a stress relieved sheet of wood of a predetermined thickness from the piece of timber, cutting the sheet of wood into a plurality of members each having substantially parallel major planar surfaces and peripheral edge surfaces, positioning a plurality of said members into a single layer tile with an edge surface of one member substantially abutting an edge surface of another member so that said major planar surfaces of said members lie substantially in a single plane, and bonding said members together by means of an adhesive applied to the peripheral edge surfaces before said members are assembled to produce a flexible wooden tile in which said wooden members are flexible and the adhesive bonds between said members are rigid.
A method of making a flexible wooden tile consisting essentially of the steps of subjecting a piece of timber to a stress relieving process, knife cutting a stress relieved sheet of wood of a predetermined thickness from the piece of timber, cutting the sheet of wood into a plurality of members each having substantially parallel major planar surfaces and peripheral edge surfaces, applying a rigid setting adhesive to said side edge surfaces of the members, positioning a plurality of said members into a single layer tile with a side edge surface of one member substantially abutting a side edge surface of another member so that the adhesive is disposed between the side edge surfaces and the major planar surfaces lie substantially in a single plane, and allowing the adhesive to set to bond said members together, whereby a flexible wooden tile is produced in which the wooden members are flexible and the adhesive bonds between said members are rigid.
A flexible wooden tile consisting essentially of a plurality of stress relieved members each having substantially parallel major planar surfaces and peripheral edge surfaces and each being obtained from a sheet of wood that is knife cut from a piece of timber which has been subjected to a stress relieving process, said members being adhesively bonded together by adhesive between the peripheral edge surfaces in a single layer with an edge surface of one member substantially abutting an edge surface of another member and with the major planar surfaces lying in common planes to form a flexible wooden tile in which said wooden members are flexible and the bonds between the members are rigid.
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