US Patent:
20070224353, Sep 27, 2007
Inventors:
Victor Forak - Chantilly VA, US
Alexei Forak - Chantilly VA, US
International Classification:
B05D 3/02
B05D 7/00
Abstract:
A process for producing preshrunk hardwood floors. The process comprises the steps of selecting untreated hardwood flooring having a predetermined thickness and a predetermined width and then placing such untreated hardwood flooring in a drying kiln. Another step is operating the drying kiln for a predetermined time at a predetermined temperature in order to remove moisture from the hardwood flooring and then determining one of the moisture remaining in the hardwood flooring or the moisture that was lost during the operation of the drying kiln. Another step is removing the hardwood flooring that was dried in the drying kiln in the previous steps. This is followed by sealing the pores of the hardwood flooring, while the wood is still hot, that was kiln dried in the previous steps, with a sealer.