Patent ID: 6843877

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a floorboard comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of wood strips, each of said wood strips having two opposite ends, each of said ends being provided with spaced apart fingers; (b) applying an adhesive to facing sides of adjacent wood strips; (c) assembling said wood strips longitudinally to form joints between two wood strips and side by side in rows to form said floorboard, said step of assembling further including the step of controlling a distance between successive joints and a distribution of joints in a given area; (d) conveying said floorboard into a curing area; (e) applying longitudinal, vertical and lateral pressure to said floorboard to press the rows of wood strips against each other and to close the finger joints when said floorboard is said curing area; (f) curing said floorboard and (g) removing said floorboard from said curing area.