Patent ID: 6040018
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: D04H,D21H,D21J

Abstract:
A method for reinforcing a board, sheet or foil of fibrous material, the method comprising the steps of:(a) providing the board, the sheet or the foil of fibrous material as a preformed blank;(b) providing a curable liquid;(c) impregnating with the curable liquid a zone of the preformed blank, with the zone extending between opposite edges of the preformed blank;(d) causing the curable liquid to cure such that a reinforced zone forms extending between the opposite edges of the preformed blank; and(e) separating by a separating operation the reinforced zone into two complementary edges such that the preformed blank is divided into two substantially identical parts, andwherein step (e) of the method occurs after step (c) of the method.