Patent · US Expired

Method of making a wood structural member with finished edges

US5935368A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 17, 1998
Grant dateAug 10, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 17, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/249947
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a glue laminated structural wood member for bearing a structural load includes bonding together multiple elongate wood segments and a synthetic fiber reinforcement with their lengths generally aligned with the length of the member. The synthetic fiber reinforcement includes multiple synthetic fiber strands held within a resin matrix and low cost fiber edges.

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