Patent ID: 6505658
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: B27D,F26B

Abstract:
Apparatus for dehydrating a sheet of green veneer by mechanically squeezing water therefrom comprising:a pair of rotatable dehydrating roll assemblies disposed one above the other with the axes thereof extending parallel to each other, at least one of said roll assemblies being positively driven, said paired roll assemblies including, a first roll assembly having formed on the peripheral surface thereof a number of tooth-like projections extending radially outward from said peripheral surface and a second roll assembly having a core shaft clad with covering of elastic material with a predetermined thickness, said axes of the roll assemblies being spaced radially so as to form a nip between the peripheral surfaces thereof which is smaller than the thickness of the veneer sheet to be dehydrated; conveyer for feeding sheets of veneer successively into said nip; said covering of elastic material on said second roll assembly having formed therein a plurality of annular grooves spaced axially of said second roll assembly at an interval of 50 mm or less and each having a width of 10 mm or less, thereby forming an independently deformable elastic section separated by any two adjacent annular grooves.