An Improvement in the Manufacture of Parquetry, Veneers, and similar Articles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 1st Aug., 1890-Accepted, 6th Sept., 1890
TROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Manufacture of Parquetry, Veneers, and
similar Articles.
I, FRANZ PODANY Senr. of 114, Hauptstrasse Hernals, near Vienna, Austria,
Manufacturer of Wood Mosaic Articles, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a method of making wooden plates suitable for inlaid
floors, veneer and the like, and has for its object to provide plates which are strong,
and present a pleasing annular pattern.
Hitherto parquetry plates and the like have been made by catting the wood in the
direction of its fibres. According to this invention the trunks are first dressed to a
square or rectangular cross section, and are then divided into sheets or plates of the
desired thickness by cuts inclined to the axis at angles of from 30° to 60°.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1889
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Manufacture of Parquetry, Veneers, and
similar Articles.
I, FRANZ PODANY Senr. of 114 Hauptstrasse Hernals, near Vienna, Austria,
Manufacturer of Wood Mosaic Articles, 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 a method of making wooden plates suitable for inlaid
floors, veneer and the like, and it has for its purpose to provide plates which are both
strong and of a fine annular ring pattern..
Hitherto parquetry plates and the like of the kind referred to have been made by
cutting the wood in the direction of its fibres whereby, on the one hand, greater
strength was obtained, than when the wood is cut cross-ways of the grain, but, on the
other hand, a very plain pattern resulted and the decorative effect was diminished.
According to this invention the stems are first dressed so as to give them a square
or rectangular cross section, and afterwards they are divided, by parallel cuts inclined
to their axis at angles of from 30° to 60°, into plates of the desired thickness.
The manner. of carrying this invention into practice is illustrated by the annexed
sheet of drawings, in which Fig. 1 and 2 represent the dressed stem of rectangular
cross section, while Fig. 3 is intended to give an idea of the decorative effect
produced by the juxtaposition of a number of plates or sheets obtained according to
this invention.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, it is clearly visible, that from the stem a, dressed to a
square or rectangular cross section, plates or sheets & are severed by cuts inclined
toward the axis of the stem. On these sheets or plates, the annular ring pattern will
appear in a similar manner to that shewn in Fig. 3 on each of the four plates b.
For making parquetry, several plates & are glued to dead timber.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
In the manufacture of parquetry, vencer and the like, dressing stems to a square or

page_text: rectangular cross-section, and dividing them into plates or sheets by cuts inclined to
their axis, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 1ot dave of Aument 1000
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.