A bamboo board comprising a number of longitudinal layers (4) and a number of lateral layers (5). The longitudinal layer is made by longitudinal bamboo strips (1) bonded together with adhesives (3), and the lateral layer is made by lateral bamboo strips (2) bonded together with adhesives (3). During assembly, the longitudinal layers and lateral layers are laid over alternately, with strips of each layer at right angles to those of adjacent layers, and bonded by adhesives (3) in between to become...

Pallets for storage or movement of goods are provided having bamboo members. Split bamboo forms cross-members and successive layers as part of the two major surfaces of pallets. Bamboo culms are used for beams of a pallet or as components in a post-type structure. Frames of split bamboo may be fastened and removed from beams or posts of bamboo to allow more compact movement of pallets not in use. Elongated posts of bamboo culms may be used to join individual pallets for multi-deck pallets.

A bamboo basket includes a bottom frame, a top open frame, a plurality of peripheral side panels respectively connected between the bottom frame and the top open frame and abutted against one another at an angle and defining with the bottom frame and the top open frame a holding space for holding things, the peripheral side panels each having a plurality of longitudinal bamboo slats and a plurality of transverse bamboo slats intersected with the longitudinal bamboo slats, a plurality of upright ...

A bamboo drum has a hollow cylinder formed of a plurality of ring bodies stacked together. The ring bodies are made of bamboo sheets and provided respectively along the upper ring portion thereof with a protruded circular rib, a circular groove, and an inclined circular surface for enabling the ring bodies to be stacked together to form the hollow cylinder without voids. Each of the ring bodies has two end portions of various forms to provide the two end portions with the contact areas capable o...

A method of fabricating bamboo slats for bamboo blinds, including the steps of: i) cutting bamboo wood into bamboo strips subject to a predetermined length; ii) removing the skin and joints from both sides of the bamboo strips, then boiling the bamboo strips in a diluted hydrogen peroxide solution to prevent decay, and then polishing the bamboo strips after drying; iii) bonding the bamboo strips into a rectangular bamboo plate, then polishing the bamboo plate thus obtained; iv) splitting the pol...

A bamboo tube connection includes a first bamboo tube and a second bamboo tube, the first and second bamboo tubes being in butting relationship, possibly at an angle to each other. A longitudinal insert member is fixed in at least the first bamboo tube in an end region thereof. A longitudinal connector at least indirectly releaseable connects the longitudinal insert member to the second bamboo tube. In one embodiment the insert member is so positioned in the longitudinal direction in the first i...

A composite laminate bamboo sporting implement with an elongated handle having multiple layers of bamboo and an impact portion having multiple laminate layers affixed to the elongated handle suitable to strike, carry or throw a sporting object. Each of the elongated handle bamboo layers has an average thickness of 1.0 to 3.0 mm and both the handle and impact portion alternates in grain direction between adjoining bamboo layers at an angle between 30 to 90 degrees. Bamboo layers may be treated wi...

A method of producing bamboo fibers comprese a first step of crushing bamboo in the direction of growth thereof by a rolling machine; a second step of fiberizing the crushed bamboo, obtained in the first step, by a hammer-mill-type grinding machine; and a third step of separating an inner thin skin portion of the bamboo, mixed in with the bamboo fibers obtained in the second step, from the bamboo fibers.

A machine for converting plain plastic tubing such as polyvinyl chloride tubing and the like into simulated bamboo for use in the manufacture of furniture, etc. by forming on the plain plastic tubing a plurality of spaced peripheral ridges along the full length of the tubing. The machine supports a length of the tubing by means of pairs of rollers and heats the tubing between the rollers at the positions ridges are to be formed as the tube is rotated. The pairs of rollers are mounted so that one...

Bamboo building material and process of manufacture therefor. The material includes a plurality of layers each formed of bamboo segments which have been dried and glue coated. The segments are substantially free of outer nodes and husk and inner membrane material prior to application of glue. The longitudinal axes of the segments in each layer are generally parallel to one another, each layer having segments oriented generally orthogonally with respect to the next adjacent layers thereto. The la...