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Abstract

An apparatus for placing veneer pieces in edge-abutting relationship, which comprises an infeed section for flat-feeding the veneer pieces, one by one, in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the fibers of the pieces, including at least one positive feeder at one end of the infeed section, and a crowder section comprising a plurality of upper and lower longitudinal rotating rollers extending in the feeding direction and spaced in parallel to each other so as to define a free transporting passage following the infeed section. The veneer pieces are, in turn, held and pressurized from top and bottom by the upper and lower rollers with their respective edges being in contact with the edges of the adjacent veneer pieces. A succeeding veneer piece is fed by the positive feeder and, just before the positive feeding ceases, the front edges of the succeeding piece come into contact with the rear edges of a preceding veneer piece which has been held at the crowder section.

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