Patent ID: 7147745
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: B27J,B27M,B27N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process of forming a bamboo beam comprising the steps of: splitting bamboo tubes lengthwise into elongated slats; removing nodes and husk or epidermis from each outer surface of each said slat and inner membrane or epidermis material from each inner surface of each said slat by passing each said slat between a pair of opposing machining wheels; compressing, flattening and dewatering said slats by passing said slats between a pair of opposing rollers; stranding said slats into thin, flat elongated segments by the application of a stranding drum having rotating and inwardly facing blades; drying said segments; applying a glue coating to said segments; arranging said segments into layers, one said layer atop the next, each said layer having said segments oriented generally parallel to one another; compressing said layers together while said glue cures into a single bonded integral structure.