Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids – Process – Gas or vapor contact with treated material
Patent
1995-12-04
1998-09-29
Ramirez, Ramon O.
Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Process
Gas or vapor contact with treated material
34 94, 24834601, 24834602, F26B 300
Patent
active
058131370
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to an improved separator, commonly referred to as a "lath", "stick", "sticker", or "crosser", that is used in the lumber industry to separate pieces of lumber in a stack or bundle. The separator features, in one embodiment, a plurality of grooves extending transverse to the length of the separator to permit air circulation within the grooves, and a plurality of ridges between the grooves to support the pieces of lumber. In another embodiment, a second plurality of grooves extending transverse to the length of the separator and the first grooves to form a cross-hatching of grooves to permit air circulation within the grooves, and a plurality of protrusions to support the pieces of lumber over the grooves.
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Berry Jr. Willie
Breeze Dried, Inc.
Ramirez Ramon O.
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