Patents
US 8468715 B2: Method for drying wood product and product obtained thereby
- Granted
- 2013-06-25
- Filed
- 2009-10-14 application 12579332
- Type
- Utility · 8 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A method for forming an engineered wood product from pulpwood, comprising providing a quantity of pulpwood; crushing and scrimming the pulpwood to form a mat; drying in a first drying step the mat in a first pass dryer; applying a resin to the mat; and, drying in a second drying step the mat in a second pass dryer. The drying process controls moisture content using the rate of change between the entering and exiting airflow temperature. The resulting product has a high modulus of elasticity and modulus of rupture.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg130625.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loblolly Industries, LLC 1 patents | US company or organization | Shuqualak, MS | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Anderson Thomas, Jr. | Columbus, MS | 2 | Person page FUZZY medium confidence | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Roy Daniel Seale | Starkville, MS | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| James Michael White | Meridian, MS | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Bobby Lyn White | Meridian, MS | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Adam Glen Barwick | Laurel, MS | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B27N | Manufacture by dry processes of articles, with or without organic binding agents, made from particles or fibres consisting of wood or other lignocellulosic or like organic material | B27N1/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y10T | Technical subjects covered by former us classification | Y10T428/249925 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-11-17 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BARWICK, ADAM GLEN signed 2009-11-13 SEALE, ROY DANIEL signed 2009-11-13 THOMAS, WILLIAM ANDERSON, JR. signed 2009-11-13 WHITE, BOBBY LYN signed 2009-11-13 WHITE, JAMES MICHAEL signed 2009-11-13 | LOBLOLLY INDUSTRIES, LLC SHUQUALAK, MS | 23530/349 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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