US1101786A

US1101786A - Splice for joinery.

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Publication number: US1101786A
Application number: US80424713A
Authority: US
Inventors: William Craine
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1913-12-02
Filing date: 1913-12-02
Publication date: 1914-06-30
Anticipated expiration: 1931-06-30

Description

W. URAINE.

SPLICE FOR JOINERY. APPLICATION FILED D1302, 1913.

L1L76 Patented June 30,1914.

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TED STATES rA-n'r WILLIAM. CRAINJE, 0F BROOKFIELD', NEW YORK.

SPLICE FOB- J'OINERY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filedDecember 2, 1913. Serial No. 80%,247.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM CBAINE, a citizen of the United Statesf,' resi ing at Brookfield, in the county of Madison and 5 State of New York, have invented a new and useful Splice for Joinery, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains generally to oinery, and'relates more particulo larlyto a novel and improved manner of splicing the meetin ends of flooring or sheathing boards, si ing, clap boards, silo and tank staves, and the like.

It is the object of the present invention to splice for locking the adjoining ends of boards and other timbers together, whereby the outer side of the joint will be susceptible of wear and tear and to other conditions,

or without the liability of the inter-fitting mortises and tenons being chipped or broken.

It is also within the spirit of the present invention to rovide a splice joint for d the like, which will be comparasubstantial and practical in I as well as eflicient in its use, the boards being readil and inexpensively formed with the inter 'tting parts, wherethe ends of the boards may be spliced conveniently.

With the foregoing eneral objects outlined, and'with other ob ects in view, whic will be apparent as the nature of the inventivelysimple, construction,

tion 1S better understood, he present invention resides in the combination and arrangement of arts and in the details of construction hereinafter and claimed, it bein understood that changes in the precise em odiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiments in the accompanyingf drawing, wherein igure 1 1s a plan View of the adjoining ends of two flooring or sheathingboards, spliced together in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a bottom View of the said parts, slightly drawn apart or separated. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of. splice for upright or vertical siding silo and tank staves. Fig. 5

barns and the like.

without materially efiect 'gered relation,

is a face view of a pair of clap boards spliced together according to the present invention." ig. 6 is a back or inside view 0 the .clap boards, slightly separated. Fig. 7 is a sectional detail taken on the line 77 of Fig. 5.

Referring specifically to Figs. 1, 2 and 3,

the numerals 1. and 2 designate the meeting ends of two flooring boards, although the parts 1 and 2 may be taken as typical, so as to represent the upright siding boards for As illustrated, the-flooring boards 1 and 2 are provided with the respective tongues 3 and 4: along one edge, and are provided with the respective grooves 5 and 6 along their other edge, whereby the boards may interfit with adjoining parallel boards, as is common.

In carrying out the present invention, the end of the board 1 is provided with a series of alternate mortises 7, and tenons 8, while the end of the board 2 is provided with alternate mortises 9 and tenons 10, the mortises and tenons of the two boards being in stagand being arranged to interfit with each other.

The meeting ends of the boards 1 and 2 are provided with transverse abutting

shoulders

11 and 12, respectively, between their side edges and along their outer sides or faces, and the mortises and tenons are disposed between 12, and the inner sides or backs of the boards 1 and 2. The end walls of the mortises and tenons 7 and 8, respectively, of the board 1, are beveled in opposite directions, as indicated at 13 and 14, respectively, while the mortises 9 and tenons 10 of the board 2, are similarly beveled, as at 15 and 16 re spectively. The beveled ends of the mortises and tenons of each board extend from the respective shoulder or

transverse line

11 or 12, along the outer side of the board, to the back or inner side of the board, whereby the interfittin'g mortises and tenons of the two boards are located between the shouldersll and 12, and the inner Sid? or back of the boards. In this manner, tae superficial portion of the boards will provide thick wearing portions, underneath or behind which the splice is disposed.

The ends of the boards are so cut, that the end of the tongue 4 of the board 2 projects to form a tenon 1'1 overlapping the respective tenon 8 of the board 1, the ends of the portion 12, in

' alternate beveled mortises 7 tongues 3 and 4:, end walls 13 and 16 of the mortises 7 and tenons 10, respectively.

It is evident that the mortises and tenons of the boards may be readily formed by the proper tools, as well as the

shoulders

11 and 12, whereby the meeting ends of the boards may be conveniently and readily spliced together. The flooring boards may be conveniently laid, the interfitting mortises and tenons being disposed innermost, with the facial portions or the boards exposed, so that only the edges of the

shoulders

11 and 12 are visible, tions of the boards being devoid of the interfitting splice portions, will be capable of withstanding considerable wear and tear, without the liability of exposing the splice proper, it being noted that there will be no occasion for the tenons being chipped off or broken after the flooring {has been laid. This form of s lice joint may not onlybe employed for flboring boards, but may be employed for many other purposes as will be apparent to the joiner.

In Fig. 4, a slight modification has been illustrated, whereby the splice will be particularly adapted for upright siding boards for barns and the like. This figure illustrates the upright boards 1 and 2 having the abptting shoulders 11' and 12' similar to the corresponding parts with the exception that the

shoulders

11 and 12 are beveled similar to the beveled walls 13 and 16' of the respective interfitting mortises and tenons of the boards. Thus, there is provided a lip portion 11 overlapping the shoulder 12 whereby the portion 11 will shed water over the shoulder order to reduce the tendenc for thewater to creep into and through the splice, as might be occasioned by the

shoulders

11 and 12 above described. This form of joint is also desirable for upright silo and tank staves. v

In the variation illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, a pair of clap boards 1" and 2" delineated, the clap board 1 having the and tenons 8 along its end, and the clap board 2 having the alternate beveled mortises 9 and tenons 10 along its end. The mortises and tenons of the clap boards are in staggered relation,

and are arranged to interfit snu 1y at the back or inner sideof the clap oards, it being observed that the beveled portions of or exposed. The facial porabove described,

are

being beveled similar to the l the mortises and tenons of each clap board extend away' from afline disposed transouter side thereof. closed, in order that Will be provided.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawing, the several advantages and capabilities of the present invention will be obvious to the artisan without further comment, it being noted that the objects aimed at, havebeen carried. outsatisfactorily.

. Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. A pair of boards meeting endwise, and each having a series of alternate mortises and tenons along its end, the mortises and tenons of the two boards being-in staggered relation and inter-fitting, and the end walls of the mortises and tenons of each board being beveled in opposite directions from a transverse line along the outer side of the board to the inner side thereof.

2'. A pair of boards meetingendwise, and having transverse abuttingshoulders extending between their side edges along their outer sides, each board having a series of alternate mortises and tenons along its end, and betweenthe respective aforesaid shoulder and the inner side of the mortises andtenons of the two boards being in staggered relation and interfitting between the said shoulders and the inner sides of the boards. 7 I

3. A pair of boards meeting endwise, and having transverse abutting shoulders between their side edges sides, each board havin a series of alternate mortises and tenons a ong its end and between the respective aforesaid shoulder and the inner side of the board, the mortises and tenons of the two boards being in staggered relation and interfitting, and the end walls of the mortises and tenons of each board being beveled in opposite directions from the respective aforesaid shoulder to the inner side of the board.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM oRA-INE;

Thus, the s lice is ina neat and e cient joint Witnesses?- CLARENCE V. Br ana, JOHN L. STIILMEAN.

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along their outer