US901176A - Wooden column. - Google Patents

Description

0. A. JOSE & s. ANDERSON.

WOODEN COLUMN Arrmauld'n run!) NOV-17,1007.

Patent d Oct. 13,1908.

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' osoan AJJOSEAND STEPHEN ANDERSON, or INDIANAROLIS,

WOODEN COLUMN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

INDIANA- Application filed November 27,1907. Sci-51110104360. a

" To all wlwm nit concern:

known that we, Oscar A. J osn and sit SIEPHEN ANDERSON, citizens of the United i States, residing at Indianapolis, in the ty of Marion and State of Indiana, have inve ed certain new and useful Improven Wooden Columns, of which the fol- Wi g is a specification. This invention relates to hollow wood colns employed in porches and similar structores to supersede the well known solid wood posts; and the object of the invention is to provide columns of the above character whereb a large saving in wood material is fiecte gfu ther object of the invention consists iding columns which are made up of lity of strips having interlocking joint r Y A hich will be hidden so as to make the colu'n'i ppear as though they were formed of a single piece of material.

, Afurther object of the invention consists in providing columns composed of a pluraly of strips joined so as to permit contracand expansion, a characteristic of wood, 1; out exposing the joints to view or to the weather.

A further object of the invention consists n providing columns whereby, th'rough the irregularity of the surface produced in ari ranging the strips, a paneled effect may be btained to render the columns more orna- We accomplish the objects of our inven i i y means of the column illustrated in 'jcompanving drawings, forming a part in whichgure 1 is a side elevation of our imv. 'l iroved column. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the two kinds of strips employed in forming the columns. Fig. 3 is a cross section of the column, on an enlarged scale. Fig. L is a fragmentary detail, on a still further enlarged scale, and shows one set of the strips provided with additional ornamentati'ons on their outer surfaces. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail view showing a modified construction of the interlocking joint for joining the strips.

he advantage of hollow columns composed of a plurality of strips, aside from effee-ting a vast saving in the amount of material consumed, is that by obtaining the numerous oints between the strips, the columns are prevented from crackmg or splitting, to mar their appearance and cause early deterioration. j

It will be noted that the columns arebuilt up .of two differently shaped strips '10, and 11 having different thicknesses, so that conunms built of strips having a uniformthick ness. This saving in material is quite an item especially in view of the growing scarcity of suitable timber.

As before stated, our columns are built up. of two differently formed strips 10 and 11 which are best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The extended surfaces of the thickest strips 10 enables both a paneled and ornamental effect to be imp The extended surfaces of the strips 10 may be provided with additional 'ornamenta-tions as shown in Fig. 4, if desired. The strips 10 are provided at opposite edges with the grooves 12, which receive the tongues 13 on the edges of the strips 11. The tongues 13 are formed with parallel sides, it being immaterial whether the tongues project in parallel or oblique planes with respect to the sides of the strips 10, in order to permit the Fig. 5 of the drawings illustrates a modiby which the strips are joined. In this instance, the tongues are cut on lines that run obliquely to the faces of the strips, and the grooves in the other strips are cut on corresponding planes to enable them to take over the tongues. This construction may be employed, if desired, without departing from the spirit of'this invention. 1

The columns may be made in various sizes, and to impart a neater appearance they may be provided with the bases 15 and the capitals 16.

Having thus fully described our said in- Iatent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a hollow wooden column consisting of a plurality of circumferentially arranged interlocked sections of two difierent thicknesses, each alternate section formed on a taper and rovided on opposite edges with a tongue aving sides running in parallel planes,'each ini termediate section, between the antecedently meager 01 13, V1908.

siderable material is saved over other ,col-

rted to the columns.

columns to expand and contract. The stri s I fied construction of the tongues and grooves vention, what we desire to secure by Letters mentioned sections, having a uniform width throughout its length and provided with a longitudinal groove in each edge to receive the tongue of the engaging section, the over lapping of the sections adapted to conceal the joint at the ends of the tongues.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a hollow wooden column consisting of a plurality of circumferentially arranged interlocked sections of two different thicknesses, each a1- ternate section formed on a taper and provided on opposite edges with obliquely projecting tongues the sides of which are cut on parallel planes, each section, intermediate the alternate sections, formed substantially the sz'une width throughout its length and provided in opposite edgeswith longitudinal grooves cut-to correspond with and to receive the tongues on the en ging sections,

the overlapping of the sectlons adapted to conceal the joint at the ends of the tongues.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Indianapolis, Indiana, this, 18th dayof November, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and seven.

OSCAR A; JOSE. [L. STEPHEN ANDERSON. [L. lVitnesses:

F. WV. WoERNER, L. B. WOERNER.

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