US 11,890,828 B2
Moisture extraction press and moisture removal from wood materials
Marc Brinkmeyer, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US); Antonio Carvalho, Oporto (PT); and Allen Selander, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US)
Assigned to Idaho Forest Group, LLC
Filed by Idaho Forest Group, LLC, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/900,697.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,103, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0197512 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. B30B 9/24 (2006.01); B30B 15/34 (2006.01)
CPC B30B 9/241 (2013.01) [B30B 9/246 (2013.01); B30B 15/34 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A moisture removing press for extracting moisture from wood material,
the moisture removing press comprising:
a continuous and liquid permeable sheet metal band including viaways allowing liquid to permeate therethrough;
a first pressing roller located above the sheet metal band;
a first anvil roller located below the sheet metal band and forming a first nip with the first pressing roller and the sheet metal band, the sheet metal band being located between the first pressing roller and the first anvil roller, such that the first nip includes only the first pressing roller and the sheet metal band; and
a conveyor roller configured to convey the continuous sheet metal band between the first pressing roller and the first anvil roller at (i) a speed selectable within a range and (ii) at an angle with respect to a horizontal plane,
wherein the continuous sheet metal band conveys the wood material through the first nip, such that the first pressing roller is in direct contact with the wood material as it passes through the first nip,
wherein pressure created by the first pressing roller and the first anvil roller extracts a portion of the moisture away from the wood material, and
wherein at least a portion of the extracted portion of the moisture permeates through the viaways of the sheet metal band, as a liquid, without using a suction device, a blowing device and a scraping device.