| 摘要 |
<p>A wooden container (10) is supplied to the user in flat pack kit form. The kit comprises a number of wooden container wall sections (12), one or more laminated wooden rings (11) and a wooden container base (21). On assembly the container wall sections (12) are fixed to the laminated rings (11) so that a container wall is built up, the rings (11) extending round the outer periphery of the wall. The base (21) is fixed either frictionally at the bottom of the container, or supported on dowels extending outwards from the inner surface of the wall sections at the bottom of the container (10). The wall sections (12) are arranged to engage with each other by tongue and groove (13, 14) joints provided in their adjacent edges, the joints being suitably dimensioned to allow for expansion and contraction of the wall sections (12). A method and apparatus for manufacturing individual wall sections is also disclosed.</p> |
