US1198306A - Wood flooring. - Google Patents

Description

D. A. YOUNG.

WOOD FLOORING.

APPLICATION man OCT. 20. I915.

1 1 98,306. Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

Witness UNITED TATiitd PATENT EEK DOCTOR A. YOUNG, OF IMARQUETTE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOE OF ONE-HALF T0 LEON E. GABVIN, CF IEARQUETTE, MICHIGAN.

VIOOD FLOQEING.

Application filed. October 20, 1915.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, DOCTOR A. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at lilarquette, in the county of blarquette and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vood Flooring, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in wood flooring and particularly to that type of flooring known as parquet, or inlaid flooring.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a flooring of this character which will be comparatively inexpensive for the reason that the parts constituting the flooring may be made up from otherwise waste wood or material; durable, because of the fact that the wood may be laid with the grain edgewise instead of flat with the length of the wood, and eiiicient because of the structure of the flooring by which the several parts are bound and locked together in a rigid and compact floor.

The invention consists essentially in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed 'according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of my invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a section of flooring embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view at 22 Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a sectional view at 33 Fig. 1. Fig. t illustrates a joint between two binding strips. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the blocks constituting the major portion of the flooring.

In the construction of floors according to my invention I employ either hard wood or soft wood, and in the preferred form of the invention as illustrated in the drawings a multiplicity of blocks 1 are employed. These blocks are of suitable size, and preferably are made with the edge of the grain at the top or bottom of the block. The blocks are of generally rectangular form with straight flat sides 2, flat smooth ends, and a pair of grooved or recessed sides 3. These blocks may be produced bv cutting a strip of wood of the proper dimensions,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 916.

Serial No. 56,868.

width. The blocks are made of standard sizes and shapes with the grain running the same general direction so that the blocks may be handled with facility and rapidity in constructing the floor. These blocks are spaced apart and locked by two sets or series of crossed strips 4 and 5, the rows of blocks being arranged in parallelism at right angles and locked between the crossed strips of wood, 4 and 5. The strip 5 is flat, of suitable thickness, and as wide as the height of the blocks so that when stood upon edge the top of the strip is flush with the top of the block. The strip 4 is also of the same width as strip 5 so that when laid the floor presents a smooth flush surface. At regular intervals throughout its length the strip 5 is fashioned with open end slots 6 extending approximately half way across the width of the strip. The sides of the strip 5 are plane to fit against the sides 2 of the blocks 1 and the open slots of the strips are spaced apart a distance equal to the width of-the blocks.

The strips 4: are similarly slotted at 7 and these slots are adapted to fit snugly over the slotted portions 6 of the strip 5, a joint being illustrated in Fig. 4. The strip 4- is not flat however, for instead of the plane sides or faces of the strip 5 I fashion the strip with a ridge 8 on each side, and the inclination of the two faces of the ridge is the same as the inclination of the grooves in the blocks 1 so that the apex of the ridge fits into the deepest portion of the groove of the blocks.

It will thus be seen that the two binding strips 4 and 5 are jointed together at their notches, and the blocks are locked in the rectangular spaces between the strips by the interlocking of the ridges on the strips 4 and the grooves or recesses n the sides of the blocks 1.

The structure may be assembled by first standing erect and in parallelism a number of spaced strips 4E with notches 7 uppermostand the notches of adjacent sarips alined.

The blocks are then placed between these (by hand if desired) while the strips 5 are successively applied, fitting the notches 6 and '7 together. Then the strips are tapped until their upper surfaces and the upper surfaces of the blocks are flush and at this time the blocks are held in place between their strips which latter entirely surround the blocks. After the structure has thus been completed its upper surface may be planed and sand papered to give it a uniform smooth surface.

When being laid, the parts may be glued or cemented together if desired, suitable adhesive material being employed for this purpose, and after the floor has been properly covered and the parts set, the floor may be smoothed with a planing machine or sand papering machine, to secure the proper polish or finish. It will be understood that either soft or hard wood may be used, or the use of these woods be alternated in the strips or blocks, however, the edge of the grain in all cases is presented for the wearing surface of the floor. Desirable designs or patterns may he provided by using different colored woods in the symmetrical arrangement of parts, and the flooring may be secured to its required foundation in any workmanlike manner.

From the above description taken in connection with my drawings it is evident that 1 have provided a parquet flooring that fulfils the purposes and objects set forth above, and performs the functions of such a floor in a comparatively perfect manner.

hat I claim is 1. A parquet flooring composed of two crossed sets of parallel, notched and interlocked strips forming separated spaces and blocks in said spaces each having grooves upon two opposite sides, and the strips of one set each having a rib on each face engaging said grooves.

2. A parquet flooring composed of two crossed sets of parallel, notched and interlocked strips forming separated spaces and blocks in said spaces each having locking means at opposite sides thereof, and one set of strips having locking means at opposite sides of each strip co-acting with the locking means on the blocks.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

DOCTOR A. YOUNG.

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