Patent ID: 6139965
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: B27D,B27L,B44C,B44F,Y10T

Abstract:
A cross-grained veneer consisting of an originally straight-grained wood veneer having an artificially cut cross grain on the surface thereof produced by cutting wood into veneer that assumes a straight grain, with a knife whose wave-shaped face runs continuously in a lengthwise direction, said face being inclined and deviated by an angle that corresponds to the bias angle of the knife or the locus swept by the movement of the knife, and by flattening the veneer having an uneven surface, wherein the cross grain is selected from the group consisting of wavy grain and interlocked grain, and wherein the cutting edge of the knife waves in a widthwise direction of the knife and troughs of the waves are disposed along a straight line extending in the lengthwise direction of the knife.