US 12,420,305 B2
Coating process for engineered-wood panels or components
Heidi Turner, Nashville, TN (US)
Assigned to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP., Nashville, TN (US)
Filed by LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/992,002.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/885,383, filed on Aug. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0046504 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B05C 1/06 (2006.01); B05C 1/08 (2006.01); B05C 11/02 (2006.01); B05D 1/28 (2006.01); B05C 1/02 (2006.01); B05C 9/14 (2006.01)
CPC B05D 1/28 (2013.01) [B05C 1/0808 (2013.01); B05C 11/025 (2013.01); B05C 1/025 (2013.01); B05C 1/06 (2013.01); B05C 1/0817 (2013.01); B05C 9/14 (2013.01); B05C 11/021 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for applying paint or coating to a wood or engineered-wood panel or component on a prefinishing or finishing line, comprising:
one or more first applicators configured to apply a coating or paint to a top face of a wood or an engineered-wood panel or component conveyed on the prefinishing or finishing line with a direction of travel and a lateral axis orthogonal to the direction of travel; and
a second applicator with a longitudinal axis, said second applicator extending across the prefinishing or finishing line at an acute first angle with respect to said lateral axis, and configured to apply an angled pattern with linear elements at an approximate second angle with respect to the direction of travel in the applied coating or paint as the wood or engineered-wood panel or component moves past the second applicator on the prefinishing or finishing line;
wherein the second applicator comprises a roller, brush or roller brush that comes into contact with the applied coating or paint on the face of the wood or engineered-wood panel or component; and
wherein additional paint or coating is applied by the second applicator.