Patent ID: 6267164
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: B27L,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for forming a wood chip for the production of cellulose pulp, the chip having a grain extending along a grain direction, the chip having first, second and third adjoining sides, the method comprising:cleaving the chip along the grain direction to form the first side;cutting the chip to form the second side;cutting the chip to form the third side so that the third side is substantially perpendicular to the second side;cutting the chip to form a fourth side substantially parallel to the second side and spaced therefrom between about 2 to 8 mm;cutting the chip to form a fifth side substantially parallel to the third side and spaced therefrom a substantially greater distance than the fourth side is spaced from the second side; andcleaving the chip to form a sixth side substantially parallel to the first side and spaced therefrom a substantially greater distance than the fourth side is spaced from the second side.