Flexible wood strips sheet, machine and method of manufacture

[0025]Referring to the drawings and more particularly to FIGS. 1 to 3 there is shown generally at 10 a flexible sheet of wood strips constructed in accordance with the present invention. The flexible sheet of wood strips comprises a plurality of wood strips 11 generally formed of resinous wood material which are held together in side-by-side aligned spaced relationship by thermofusable glue droplets 12 disposed spaced-apart at predetermined locations along opposed side edges 13 and 13′ of adjacent wood strips 11 and 11′. The thermofusable glue droplets 12 interconnect the wood strips 11 to one another between the opposed side edges 13 and 13′. The droplets are of substantially identical volumes to provide a constant spacing between the strips.

[0026]As herein shown, retention means in the form of elongated treads 14 of flexible material are secured to a face 15 of the wood strips 11. Alternatively, a tread of flexible material may be connected to each of the wood strips by suitable mean