ES2354958T3 - WOOD LAMPS ASSEMBLY PROCEDURE. - Google Patents

Abstract

The method of assembling strips of wood comprises strips of wood (1, 2), the strip (2) having a trapezoidal groove (3) that collaborates with a corresponding tongue made in the strip (1), and which strips are bonded together, the strip (2) comprising a triangular groove (4) which collaborates, leaving a space, with the corresponding groove made in the strip (1), the space being filled in with a food-grade sea (5).

Description

The present invention relates to a method of assembling wood slats and more particularly to an assembly of wood slats that constitute a square or rectangular barrel.

A wine barrel comprising assembled wooden slats is known from FR 2 865958. 5

Square or rectangular barrels have been developed for winemaking with an economic objective. Indeed, traditional barrel-shaped barrels comprise curved wooden slats, which requires a complete and expensive replacement of the barrel in each winemaking to obtain the same tannin produced by the barrel wood each year. Square or rectangular vats have the advantage of being made of straight wood slats. This conception 10 has the advantage of being constituted, for example, by a stainless steel base structure, on which the straight wood slats are mounted. This advantage is constituted mainly by the fact that after each vinification it is enough to replace the wooden slats, unlike the traditional barrels that need a complete replacement of the barrel. The economic advantage is constituted by the fact that, on the one hand, it is less expensive to manufacture straight slats 15 than curved slats, and by the fact that, for a new vinification, only the wooden slats have to be changed.

However, the conception of straight slats presents an important problem that is the connection at the place of the union of the slats at each angle of 90 °.

The objective of the present invention is to remedy the aforementioned problem. twenty

The objective is achieved in accordance with the principle defined by claim 1.

The method of assembling wood slats, in accordance with the principle of the invention, is constituted by grooves and ribs that are practiced at each end of the slats, with the ribs and grooves having particular shapes that allow double bonding. Slots and trapezoidal nerves and triangular grooves and ribs. 25

The trapezoidal grooves and ribs are intended for a fixation bond, that is, a wood bond. The triangular ribs have a clearance in which a food seal is introduced during assembly. The food joint, for example a food silicone gasket, ensures that the wooden glue does not come into contact with the liquid, for example wine, which totally suppresses the risks of altering the liquid and its taste. 30

The attached drawing schematically and by way of example illustrates the principle of the invention.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of the assembly between the wooden, transverse and longitudinal slats.

Referring to FIG. 1, a longitudinal wooden slat 1 has a trapezoidal groove 3 and a triangular groove on one of its extremities. A transverse wooden slat 2 comprises at its extremity a trapezoidal rib that is intended to cooperate with the groove. trapezoidal of the longitudinal wood slat 1 and comprises at its end a triangular rib which is intended to cooperate with a space with the triangular groove practiced in the longitudinal wood slat. During assembly, a wooden glue is inserted into the trapezoidal groove 3 and a food seal 5 is introduced into the triangular groove 4 in order to fill the space between the triangular groove and the rectangular rib 40. In this way, the wooden glue permanently holds the wooden slats on each of its extremities and the food seal, for example food silicone, guarantees perfect sealing and also prevents the wooden glue from coming into contact with the liquid 7 , came for example.

A screw 6 is fixed to the slats in order to ensure the assembly of the glue in a mechanical way. Four. Five

Claims (2)

1. Procedure for assembling wood slats consisting of grooves and ribs in each end of the slats, characterized by the fact that one of the grooves is a trapezoidal groove (3), the other groove being a triangular groove (4) , cooperating the trapezoidal groove with a corresponding nerve by gluing, cooperating the triangular groove, with a space filled by an elastic joint (5), with a corresponding triangular nerve, the assembly being mechanically secured by screws. 2. Assembly procedure according to claim 1, characterized in that the elastic seal is a food seal.