JP2001054903A - Colored tree and colored wood - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To change a wood without restricting its size by a simple method by boring horizontal holes in a tree standing on earth and injecting a dye solution into the holes for a prescribed period. SOLUTION: For example, six horizontal holes 2 are bored in decentering directions in a tree 1 planted in earth. The holes 2 are dislocated somewhat vertically. One end 5a of a pipe 5 is arranged in a container 4 in which a dye solution 3 is stored, and the container 4 is fixed to the tree 1 by a string 6 so that the bottom part of the container 4 is positioned above the holes 2. A packing 7 to be fitted elastically to the hole 2 is fitted to the other end 5b side of the pipe 5, and the end 5b is inserted into the hole 2 to close the hole 2 by the packing 7. In this way, the solution 3 of the container 4 flows into the hole 2 through the pipe 5. Since the tree is alive, the solution 3 retained in the hole 2 is sucked up by the tree 1 so that it is colored upward from the hole 2 along the grain.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to colored standing trees and colored wood.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of coloring the inside without hiding the grain, for example, JP-A-4-189503, JP-A-6-315913, and JP-A-8-244.
006, JP-A-8-309712, JP-A-9-57711 and the like have been proposed. However, they all color wood.

[0003]

The above prior art requires a very large-scale facility for coloring the inside without hiding the grain. Also, due to the size of the apparatus and the like, there is a problem that the wood cannot be colored unless it is sawn to a certain size.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide inexpensively colored trees and varieties of wood which are very varied, with a simple method, and the size of the wood is not limited.

[0005]

A first means of the present invention for solving the above problems is to form a horizontal hole in a standing tree planted in soil and to inject a dye solution into the horizontal hole for a certain period. It is a colored standing tree.

According to a second means of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problem, a lateral hole of the first means is formed in a center direction, a direction deviated from the center, or a direction deviated from the center. It is characterized by the following.

[0007] A third means of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is characterized in that it is colored wood obtained by cutting and cutting the colored standing tree of the first or second means.

A fourth means of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is characterized in that the dye solution of the first means is obtained by dissolving a reactive dye in a solvent such as water.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, six lateral holes 2 are drilled in a direction off center from a tree 1 planted in soil. Although FIG. 2 shows the horizontal holes 2 on the same plane, the horizontal holes 2 are provided slightly shifted in the vertical direction.

On the other hand, one end 5a of a pipe 5 is arranged in a transparent or translucent container 4 containing a dye solution 3, and the container 4 is placed on a tree 1 so that the bottom of the container 4 is located above the horizontal hole 2.
With a string 6. Although three containers 4 are shown in FIG. 1, the number of the containers 4 corresponding to the
Are provided. On the other end 5b side of the pipe 5, a packing 7 elastically mounted in the lateral hole 2 is attached.

Then, the other end 5b of the pipe 5 is inserted into the lateral hole 2 so that the packing 7 closes the lateral hole 2. This allows
The dye solution 3 in the container 4 flows into the lateral hole 2 through the pipe 5. Since the standing tree 1 is alive, the dye solution 3 accumulated in the lateral hole 2 is sucked up by the standing tree 1 itself, and is colored along the grain above the lateral hole 2.

Experiment 1: Six kinds of reactive dyes of red, blue, yellow, green, purple and orange were prepared as dyes of the dye solution 3, and each of the reactive dyes was added to 250 cc of water.
g was dissolved and each was put into a container 4 having a capacity of 250 cc. The experiment was performed on a cedar tree having a diameter of 20 cm as a standing tree 1 in a mountain forest in Gokase-cho, which is the address of the applicant of the present invention. At 1 pm on June 10, 1999, injection of dye solution 3 into side hole 2 was started, and dye solution 3 was periodically replenished and cut down at 1:00 am on the 14th of the same year.

[0013] As shown in FIG.
, Coloration 9 was observed above the horizontal hole 2. This was sawn and planed to obtain a wood piece 10 as shown in FIGS. 3 (b) and 3 (c), and the dye solution 3 injected into the horizontal hole 2 along the straight grain 11 and the grain 12 and to the inside. The color was colored. Here, the reactive dye is preferred because it is easily soluble in water, has fine particles, and does not discolor even when exposed to sunlight.

Experiment 2: The dye solution 3 and the place of the experiment were performed on a ginkgo tree having a diameter of 30 cm as the standing tree 1 under the same conditions as in the experiment 1. At 8:00 am on June 29, 1999, injection of dye solution 3 into side hole 2 was started, and dye solution 3 was periodically replenished and cut down at 9:00 am on July 10, 1999.

As shown in FIG. 4, the ginkgo tree had a property of sucking toward the center of the annual ring, and the range of coloring 9 was wide. In addition, the trunk was colored 9 along the annual rings, and the branches were colored 9 without any color mixing of the annual rings of the branches. This is presumably because when the dye solution 3 hits the base of the branch, the annual ring of the branch is sucked up in a ring state.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In the above embodiment, six lateral holes 2 are drilled in the tree 1 in a direction shifted from the center. In the present embodiment, three lateral holes 2 are drilled in the tree 1 in a direction deviated from the center, and three lateral holes 15 are drilled in the center direction. As described above, when the lateral hole 2 in the direction deviated from the center and the lateral hole 15 in the central direction are combined, coloring can be performed in a wider range. Of course, only the center hole 15 may be provided. Although the horizontal holes 2 and 15 are shown in the same plane in FIG. 5, the horizontal holes 2 and 15 are provided slightly shifted in the vertical direction.

In the above embodiment, the standing tree 1
Although the case where six lateral holes 2 are provided has been described, the number of lateral holes 2 is not particularly limited. Further, the case where the dye liquids 3 of different colors are injected into the respective lateral holes 2 has been described. However, this can be arbitrarily selected, and the dye liquid 3 of the same color of each dye liquid 3 may be injected. Also, the case where the present invention is applied to cedar and ginkgo trees has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be widely applied to all trees such as hinoki, persimmon, and lime trees.

[0018]

According to the present invention, a side hole is made in a standing tree planted in soil, and a dye solution is injected into the side hole for a certain period for coloring, so that the size of the wood is limited by a simple method. In addition, it is possible to obtain very varied colored trees and colored wood at low cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective explanatory view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory sectional view showing one embodiment of injecting a dye solution into a standing tree.

3A is an explanatory perspective view of cut wood, and FIGS. 3B and 3C are perspective explanatory views of a piece of wood obtained by sawing the wood of FIG. 3A.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory perspective view of cut wood.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory sectional view showing another embodiment of injecting a dye solution into a standing tree.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Standing tree 2 Side hole 3 Dye solution 4 Container 5 Pipe 8 Wood 9 Coloring 10 Wood piece 11 Straight grain 12 Sheet grain 15 Side hole

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A colored standing tree formed by making a horizontal hole in a standing tree planted in soil and injecting a dye solution into the horizontal hole for a certain period. 2. The colored standing tree according to claim 1, wherein the lateral hole is formed in a center direction, a direction deviated from the center, or a direction deviated from the center direction. 3. A colored wood obtained by cutting and sawing the colored standing tree according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The colored standing tree according to claim 1, wherein the dye solution is obtained by dissolving a reactive dye in a solvent such as water.