Patent ID: 7097734

Claim:
A method for joining wood members together, the method comprising selecting an adhesive system including a resorcinol based resin component A and a paraformaldehyde catalyst component B to promote curing, in a manufacturing process that does not use any heating step after mixing to enhance curing, providing the resorcinol based resin component A and the paraformaldehyde catalyst component B in separate containers near an adhesive application station along a conveyor path, positioning an applicator device along the conveyor path, the applicator device having a mixing chamber connected to a tip member having an orifice, the tip member being configured to spray or splatter mixed adhesive onto a contact surface on a first wood member being transported on a conveyor past the adhesive application station, pumping metered proportions of adhesive components A and B from the respective containers, through an adhesive intersection, then through the mixing chamber where the adhesive components are thoroughly mixed into a fully activated adhesive mixture immediately prior to dispensing the fully activated adhesive mixture through the orifice onto the first wood member, wherein the adhesive components are mixed in appropriately a 2:1 volumetric ratio of component A to component B, resin component A being comprised of a mixture of resin components A 1 and A 2 having different gel and cure times, contacting a contact surface of a second wood member with the contact surface of the first wood member, and cold-pressing the contact surfaces together until the adhesive mixture is cured.