Method for impregnation of wood component with solid paraffin wax, apparatus therefor and wood component so impregnated

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PATENT NO 9682493
APP PUB NO 20090280346A1
SERIAL NO

12463005

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A method for treating a piece of wood impregnates the piece of wood with a water repellent, wherein the water repellent is solid at ambient temperatures. The method includes the steps of providing a piece of wood to be treated; heating the piece of wood for a predetermined period of time, the piece of wood being heated at a temperature A; subsequently immersing at least a portion of the piece of wood in a bath of liquefied water repellent, the bath being at a temperature B, for a predetermined period of time. Thereafter the piece of wood is removed from the bath and allowed to cool. The temperature A is above 100° C. and the temperature B is below 100° C. but above a liquefying point for the water repellent, and a differential between temperatures A and B is at least 60° C.

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PROLAM SOCIETE EN COMMANDITE439 CHEMIN VINCELOTTE CAP ST-IGNACE QUEBEC G0R 1H0

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Risi, Benoit Cap St-Ignace, CA 10 89

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