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Wood board and a flooring material made therefrom

US5736218A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 1995
Grant dateApr 7, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31989
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a wood board, and a flooring material using this, which uses thin wooden strands as a raw material, has superior surface smoothness, and possesses sufficient strength and rigidity. The wood board in accordance with the present invention comprises a core layer 1 comprising a strand board, and a surface layer 2 comprising a oriented strand board which is laminated on at least one surface of the core layer 1; the surface layer 2 comprises thin wooden strands which are thinner than the thin wooden strands comprising the core layer, and furthermore, the flooring material of the present invention is obtained by laminating a decorative single sheet onto at least one of the surface layers 2 of the wood board. The wood board and flooring material in accordance with the present invention have high strength and superior surface smoothness. Furthermore, if a specified water-repelling agent is added to the binder which is used in molding, it is possible to obtain a wood board having superior water resistance. Furthermore, the present invention makes effective use of raw materials which were conventionally considered to be waste materials, so that it is possible to…

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