Implement to be Used in Applying a Veneer to a Board or other Piece of Lumber.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 26th June, 1896-Accepted, 1st Aug., 1896
[Communicated from abroad by THE BROCK VENEERED LUMBER COMPANY, of
West Troy, County Albany, State of New York, U.S.A.]
Implement to be Used in Applying a Veneer to a Board or other
Piece of Lumber.
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 :-
My invention is an implement to be used in applying a veneer to a board or
other piece of lumber, and especially one with a plain edge or edges, over which
the veneer is to be folded; and it consists, essentially, of two pressure bars which
are united at an angle, usually a right angle, to each other, the bars being of
different lengths and the longer bar being intended to act, by progressive pressure,
on the face of the board, while the shorter bar is intended to act, likewise, on the
edge of the board. Each of the bars has a convex bearing edge; and for
convenience of manipulation, the longer bar is extended in both directions beyond
the shorter bar, thus forming a double handle.
In the accompanying drawing:-
Fig. I is a side view of an implement embodying my invention, showing its
position in relation to the board and veneer.
Fig. II is a plan or top view of the implement and board.
Fig. III is a side view of the implement, with two short bars united to the
longer bar, for acting on both edges of the board.
Fig. IV is a longitudinal section of a portion of the implement, showing the
bars integral with each other.
Fig. V is a partial section and partial plan view showing a modification in
the shape of the bars.
Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.
The letter A indicates the board, and B the veneer, which lies upon the face
of the board and is, in practice, folded over so as to overlap, either or both edges
of the board, the veneer being secured by means of glue or other suitable adhesive
substance.
The letter C indicates the longer bar and D the shorter bar or bars, constituting
the veneering implement. As shown, the bars are united at a right angle to each
other, and the longer bar extends in both directions beyond the shorter bar,
forming a double handle C' C; and each of the bars has a convex bearing edge,
where it acts on the board, which edge may be formed by making the bars cylin-
drical, as in the example shown in Figs. I, II and III, or elliptical as in the
example shown in Fig. V.
It will be apparent that by the combination of the two bars C, D, I obtain a
very simple and effective implement for applying the veneer to the board, by
progressive pressure, beginning at either end of the board and working towards
the other end thereof; or beginning at any intermediate point and working
towards the opposite end of the board.
When the two short bars D, shown in Fig. III are used, either or both may be
adjustable for accommodating the same to the width of the lumber.

page_text: 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 implement consisting of two intercepting rods provided with
-convex bearing surfaces each such convex bearing surface continuing uniformly to
the line of interception with the other.
2. A hand implement for the purpose described, consisting of two convex
pressure rods united to each other at an angle, each rod having its entire longi-
tudinal convex surface continued uniformly until intercepted by the other convex
surface of the other rod.
Dated this 26th day of June 1896.
S. S. BROMHEAD.