US Patent Issued to Homann Holzwerkstoffe on Sept. 1 for "System for producing a three-dimensionally deformed plate" (German, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,322, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Homann Holzwerkstoffe GmbH (Munich).

"System for producing a three-dimensionally deformed plate" was invented by Fritz Homann (Munich), Markus Wahlen (Apach, France), Micha Wessel (Merzig, Germany) and Matthias Schulte (Saarlouis, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for manufacturing a three-dimensionally deformed plate made of a wood fiber material comprises a preheating station, a wetting device, and a molding station including two rollers spaced apart for receipt of a preheated and wetted flat wood fiber material plate therebetween. The rollers respectively include an external su...