Patent ID: 6401356
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: F26B

Abstract:
A method of drying veneer sheets comprising, laying each succeeding single veneer sheet into overlying relation with its immediately preceding veneer sheet to form a layup of shingled veneer sheets with a said immediately preceding veneer sheet of said layup leading its said succeeding veneer sheet by a distance X of at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) and not more than 50% of the length of one of said veneer sheet, continuously feeding said layup into a drier in a direction substantially the same as the direction said immediately preceding veneer sheet leads its said succeeding veneer sheet, drying in said drier said veneer sheets forming said layup to provide dried veneer sheets, separating sequentially said dried preceding veneer sheets from their dried succeeding veneer sheets in said layup into discreet dried veneer sheets.