Method for forming a pallet with deep drawn legs
US4790966A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 1986 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/253
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for molding articles such as pallets from flake-like wood particles mixed with binder, the pallets housing a deck and integral molding legs. A loosely fitted mat of wood flakes is formed by depositing a first plurality of layers of wood flakes onto a supporting surface with a flake aligners provided for causing alignment of those flakes which will form legs of the pallet. A second plurality of layers are formed with a flake aligner provided for causing alignment of flakes which will form the legs of the pallet and in a direction transverse to the direction of alignment of the flakes of the first layers.
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