Tools for Applying Veneer to Mouldings and similar Material.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 26th June, 1896-Accepted, 1st Aug., 1896
COME LEIE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by THE BROCK VENEERED LUMBER COMPANY, of
West Troy, County Albany, State of New York, U.S.A.]
· Tools for Applying Veneer to Mouldings and similar Material.
I, SAMUEL SIDNEY BROMHEAD of 97 Newgate Street, London, Patent Agent
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to tools for applying veneer to mouldings and similar
material; the object being to provide a tool for this purpose that may be easily
and effectively manipulated by hand power.
I will describe a veneering tool embodying my invention and then point out the
novel features in the appended claims.
In the accompanying drawing:-
Fig. 1, is a top plan view of a veneering tool embodying my invention;
Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;
Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is a rear edge view; and
Fig. 5 is a plan view illustrating a modification.
Referring to the drawing:-
The tool head consists of a body portion A, and downwardly extending side
portions A¹. The tool head is made of sheet metal and should be quite rigid
excepting at the junction of the parts A¹ with A. At this point I prefer to
provide for a greater flexibility of the material so as to permit of a slight lateral
Fielding of the parts A1, relatively to the body portion, and with this end in view,
I have rounded or transversely curved the metal and made it thinner at this point.
which I designate by a, by grinding, stamping or otherwise.
From its rear side a', the body portion A is flared outwards at its sides and of
course the downwardly extended portions are correspondingly flared longitudinally.
The downwardly turned portions are curved upwards at their lower edge.
A handle A2, extends rearwards from the tool head and this handle is preferably
made quite long. It may be secured to the head by screws or rivets.
A³ designates finger bars extended rearwards from the lower rear edge of the
portions A
To illustrate the relative position of the tool to a moulding or strip of wood, I
bave indicated a moulding or strip to which a veneer is to be applied by the dotted
lines & in Fig. 3.
The operation of the device is as follows:-
The glue or adhesive material having been applied to the moulding or length of
wood, a strip of veneer sufficiently wide to cover the top surface and extend down
or partly down the sides is laid on the moulding; then the tool is pressed down on
the veneer and moved along with the desired pressure. The downwardly turned
portion A', will force the edges of the veneer over the edges of the moulding and
these portions may be forced tightly against the lateral parts of the veneer by
pressing inwards the finger pieces A³. The thin parts a, of the head will allow
this inward movement of the downwardly turned portions A, without disturbing
the general contour of the sides.

page_text: In the modification shown in Fig. 5, I employ two tool heads similar in all
respects to the tool head first described, but the handle A may be omitted. In
this example the heads are joined together, one rearwards of the other, by means
of a handle B, which is secured at one end to the upper side of the forward head
and at its other end to the under side of the rear head.
In this example, in lieu of the finger pieces A³, 1 employ hand pieces or bars B',
secured at one end to the outer side of the downwardly turned portions of the
forward head and at the other end to the thinner sides of the downwardly turned
portions of the rear head. The operation of this device is substantially the same
as the example first described.
In employing this tool, as the rear edge or a very narrow surface engages against
the veneer, the veneer may be pressed firmly down and all air bubbles forced out
forwards as the tool moves along and any excess of glue will be caused to flow
along the moulding forwards of the applied pressure of the tool, thus spreading it
thinly and evenly. Another feature of the tool resides in the fact that the forward
end of the tool flares outwards and upwards. This feature causes the veneer to be
gradually drawn in and pressed down and over the side edges of the moulding
without danger of breaking the veneer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A veneering tool comprising a metal head having a body portion and
downwardly turned edge portions flared forwards and outwards and a handle
substantially as specified.
2. A sheet metal head consisting of a body portion and downwardly turned side
portions; there being a relative yielding movement between said sides and body
portion; finger pieces extended from the side portions and a handle substantially
as specified.
3. A veneering tool consisting of two metal heads each having a body portion
and downwardly turned edge portions flared forwards and outwards, one head
being arranged to the rear of the other and a hand bar connecting said heads
substantially as specified.
4. A veneering tool consisting of two metal heads each head consisting of a
body portion and downwardly turned side portions, there being a relative yielding
movement between the side and body portions of such heads, one head arranged to
the rear of the other and finger pieces attached to the side portions of said heads
substantially as specified.
Dated this 26th day of June 1896.
S. S. BROMHEAD..