WOOD TREATING METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

PCT No. PCT/JP90/01681 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 1, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 1, 1991 PCT Filed Dec. 21, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO91/09713 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 11, 1991.A wood treating method and apparatus in which a wood which is thin or bent, such as a soft wood or wood removed during growth or a wood from thinning, is strengthened, straightened and molded in any desired shape, wherein after the wood is heated and softened in a high temperature high pressure atmosphere, mechanical compressive forces are applied to the wood to minimize the voids in the wood; thus, the wood is hardened, strengthened and the bent wood is corrected, making it possible to form the wood in any desired shape without lumbering the same.