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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7361215 | Material and method for treatment of timber A material and method for treating timber. The material comprises a preservative and a carrier. The carrier is selected such that it remains mobile within the wood and provides for migration of the preservative within the treated wood. By providing a carrier which i... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7264886 | Water repellent compositions for wood preservatives Water-based wax emulsions, optionally for use in conjunction with alkaline copper and/or quaternary ammonium based preservatives systems, are described. These emulsions are comprised of natural or synthetic wax, nonionic surfactants having HL B values greater than 1... | 09/04/2007 |
| 6641927 | Soybean oil impregnation wood preservative process and products A process for treating wood and wood products is disclosed. Wood is impregnated under pressure with soybean oil or a mixture of vegetable oils with soybean oil, which oil is caused to polymerize within the wood. The polymerized oil is effectively fixed wi... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6596063 | Impregnated wood The invention relates to the impregnation of wood by a solvent-free melt of modified natural resin which is solid at ambient temperature. Besides the modified natural resin, melts according to the invention may comprise wax and further additives. The melt... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6471608 | Breakage-resistant baseball bat and production thereof A baseball bat which meets Major League specifications is fabricated from porous red oak wood. The pores of the handle portion of the bat contain an impregnation oil. The resultant bat provides greater ball-hitting power while having greater resistance to... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6464764 | Protective agents for wood Solvent-free coating materials and treating agents used as water-based wood or material protective agents containing emulsifiable binding agents, quaternary ammonium compounds and optional additional active agents. The wood or material protective agents a... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6428902 | Method of and compositions for treating wood Pressure impregnation methods for preserving wood. The impregnant combines a wood preservative with a wax-surfactant-water emulsion. A cationic surfactant component made up of two different surfactants is preferred.... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6335058 | Method for treating a lignocellulosic material A method of manufacturing a finished product from a length of a lignocellulosic material, such as a length of solid wood or chip board, includes the steps of impregnating the length of lignocellulosic material through its depth with an impregnating compos... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6274199 | Wood treatment process A process for treating a wood substrate with a water-based formulation containing a wax in order to confer water repellency to the substrate comprising the steps of: (a) placing the substrate in a treatment vessel and reducing the pressure in the vessel t... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6235403 | Process of treating wood with preservative A wood treatment process is disclosed in which in one aspect the wood is impregnated with a waterborne preservative such as CCA at elevated temperature and pressure. The impregnated wood and excess waterborne preservative are separated while the treatment... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6217939 | Wood treatment process A wood treatment process in which lignocellulosic materials are treated for several hours in a liquid bath of oil with the exclusion of oxygen. The liquid bath at that time has a temperature of 180 to 260° C. By thermal action the wood substance is conve... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6090452 | Conveying device for pressure treating wood A first tram loaded with wood is introduced at a first, loading end of a treatment chamber along a primary trackway. After treatment, the first tram is removed along the primary trackway from the treatment chamber to a second, opposite unloading end, whil... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6033519 | Method of protecting wooden objects from decay The method includes the step of applying a heat shrinkable plastics sleeve to at least that part of the object most vulnerable to decay. A meltable sealing solution, typically a bituminous substance, is provided between the heat shrinkable plastics sleeve... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5908675 | Glass laminate and method of making same A glass laminate comprising panes of glass held together by a bonding layer is provided with an edge seal by the drying of an ethylene polymer emulsion such that the emulsion thins out along the edge of the glass panes.... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5891583 | Method of protecting wooden objects from decay A method in which a flexible outer barrier layer is applied to at least that part of the object most vulnerable to decay, a bituminous substance is provided between the outer barrier layer and the object, and the barrier layer is heated so as to melt the ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5783258 | Method for treating lumber A method for treating lumber using a treatment composition having white mineral oil. The lumber is submerged in the treatment composition at atmospheric pressure or at an elevated pressure. The white mineral oil replaces moisture removed from the lumber, ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5756159 | Water absorbing compositions and methods of making and use thereof A water absorptive composition comprising, a fibrous substrate impregnated with a water absorptive, water insoluble polymer, wherein the polymer is intertwined and interlocked with fibers of the fibrous substrate, and the composition has high water absorb... | 05/26/1998 |
| 4971840 | Procedure for treatment of fir-wood and leaf-wood This invention is concerned with methods for treating wet fir-woods or leaf-woods mainly for reduction of their moisture content and for preservation. The procedure of the invention is conducted in two steps. In the first step, the wet wood is kept in a b... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4908085 | Article and method for wood preservative treatment Wrap around article (10) for wood preservative treatment of wood poles, posts and the like, including an outside backing sheet (12) which has an inwardly and downwardly folded mounting flap (18) at the upper end thereof. A single or series of generally fl... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4718943 | Wood preserving impregnating oil and use thereof A wood preserving impregnating oil with improved leaching, evaporation, and exudation characteristics comprised of: 10-100 weight % of coal conversion oil, 0-90 weight % of coal tar impregnating oil, 0-75 weight % of mineral oil fraction in the boiling range of ... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4668539 | Process for the preservation of wood products The present invention relates to improvements in impregnated wood preserving processes utilizing naphthalene containing preservative agents comprising recovering that portion of the naphthalene stripped from the preservative agent during a drying phase in... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4656060 | Arsenical creosote wood preservatives A novel stable, homogeneous aqueous solution for application to wood surfaces is provided herein. The aqueous solution consists essentially of creosote, a conventional inorganic wood preservative component, ammonia and an oil. The oil and the creosote are... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4542046 | Impregnation tank for wood The apparatus and the method for impregnation of wood. The apparatus has a closable tank which defines our interior space and comprises a vessel with at least one door for closing the vessel to isolate the interior space from the exterior of the tank. The... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4413023 | Method of treating wood to prevent stain and decay A method of treating wood to prevent stain and decay which includes extracting from a decay resistant species of wood material a fungi growth inhibiting material and using this material to wet the surface of wood to be treated. The substance for use as a ... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4371572 | Process for the treatment of wood An improved process for the drying/coloring of wood is disclosed wherein the wood is contacted with a drying/coloring oil. At least the outer surface layer of the wood has a moisture content in excess of the fiber saturation point of the wood. The treatme... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4354538 | Method of aging felled trees and treating lumber Lumber, which is substantially warp-free and check-free and has a reduced susceptibility to decay and insect damage, particularly red alder, beech, birch, cottonwood, maple, oak, aspen and hemlock, is produced by felling the tree, preferably when in subst... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4343840 | Method and apparatus for treating cellulosic products A method and apparatus for impregnating low density fiberboard with asphalt is disclosed, and which includes stacking the sheets, placing the stacks in a sealable chamber, and flooding the chamber with a treating solution composed of a mixture of asphalt ... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4337720 | Apparatus for treatment of wood An apparatus is disclosed for use in the preservative treatment and/or drying or coloring of wood. The apparatus consists of an enclosed vessel which is divided into two chambers by an intermediate wall portion. Wood to be treated is placed in one chamber... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4323602 | Water repellent and preservative for wood products A combined water repellent and preservative for wood prepared in a concentrate for mixing with water and utilizing 3-iodo-2-propynyl butyl carbamate.... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4305978 | Process for treatment of wood An improved wood preservation process is disclosed wherein wood is contacted with an emulsion of an oil-based perservative in water.... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4305976 | Fire retardant process A method is provided which permanently embeds a fire retardant such as diammonium phsophate into wood shingles, wood framing members or other wood members by means of blasting a special slurry of the fire retardant into the body of the wood with an airles... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4234665 | Oil-borne creosote and pentachlorophenol wood preservative compositions containing dimethylamide The penetration properties of creosote and pentachlorophenol oil-borne wood preservative compositions are improved by adding to such compositions an N,N-dimethylamide of a carboxylic acid containing 18 carbon atoms and at least 1 carbon to carbon double b... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4142009 | Method of treating timber with composition having a colloidal pigment An agent for stabilization of a decorative finish is incorporated in a timber preservative composition comprising a preservative e.g. fungicide, insecticide or fire retardant in an organic solvent e.g. white spirit, chlorinated hydrocarbon such as methyle... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4085251 | High retention wood preservative composition A wood preservative composition having deep penetration capability, leaving a clean surface and imparting high retention of active preservative within the wood, which consists primarily of (a) an organic wood preservative agent, (b) a hydrophobic agent, a... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4062991 | Treatment of wood An agent for stabilization of a decorative finish is incorporated in a timber preservative composition comprising a preservative e.g., fungicide, insecticide or fire retardant in an organic solvent e.g. white spirit, chlorinated hydrocarbon such as methyl... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4051282 | Production of treated wood having easy penetrability Production of treated wood with improved penetrability by projectiles is accomplished in an improved pressure treatment with an improved treating solution. The wood is impregnated in a pressure treatment process with a treating solution containing an impr... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4026847 | Method of partially converting wood into a lignin plastic polymer Method of partially converting wood into plastic material by impregnating the wood with a phenol and substances which form a reaction product which forms a prepolymer with the lignin in the wood, heating said impregnated wood to form said reaction product... | 05/31/1977 |
