US124402A - Improvement in processes for hardening and preserving wood - Google Patents
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- 239000002023 wood Substances 0.000 title description 42
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 title description 10
- 235000002639 sodium chloride Nutrition 0.000 description 20
- 239000011780 sodium chloride Substances 0.000 description 20
- 150000003839 salts Chemical class 0.000 description 18
- 239000011148 porous material Substances 0.000 description 14
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 10
- XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N iron Chemical compound [Fe] XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 8
- 239000004215 Carbon black (E152) Substances 0.000 description 6
- 229960002126 Creosote Drugs 0.000 description 6
- 235000006173 Larrea tridentata Nutrition 0.000 description 6
- 240000007588 Larrea tridentata Species 0.000 description 6
- 239000012267 brine Substances 0.000 description 6
- 150000002430 hydrocarbons Chemical class 0.000 description 6
- 229910052742 iron Inorganic materials 0.000 description 4
- 230000002335 preservative Effects 0.000 description 4
- 239000003755 preservative agent Substances 0.000 description 4
- 239000000126 substance Substances 0.000 description 4
- 229940064004 Antiseptic throat preparations Drugs 0.000 description 2
- 241000238631 Hexapoda Species 0.000 description 2
- 230000002421 anti-septic Effects 0.000 description 2
- 238000001704 evaporation Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000000835 fiber Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000010438 heat treatment Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 2
- FAPWRFPIFSIZLT-UHFFFAOYSA-M sodium chloride Chemical group [Na+].[Cl-] FAPWRFPIFSIZLT-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 2
- 239000000243 solution Substances 0.000 description 2
- QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-L sulfate Chemical compound [O-]S([O-])(=O)=O QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-L 0.000 description 2
- HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N zinc Chemical compound [Zn] HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000011701 zinc Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229910052725 zinc Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
- B27K—PROCESSES, APPARATUS OR SELECTION OF SUBSTANCES FOR IMPREGNATING, STAINING, DYEING, BLEACHING OF WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS, OR TREATING OF WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS WITH PERMEANT LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL TREATMENT OF CORK, CANE, REED, STRAW OR SIMILAR MATERIALS
- B27K5/00—Treating of wood not provided for in groups B27K1/00, B27K3/00
- B27K5/001—Heating
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- My invention consists in filling the pores of wood with a composition of common salt, or other crystallizable preservative salt, such as sulphate of zinc, iron, &c., and creosote oil, dead oil, or other similar hydrocarbon oil, as hereinafter set forth.
- common salt or other crystallizable preservative salt, such as sulphate of zinc, iron, &c., and creosote oil, dead oil, or other similar hydrocarbon oil, as hereinafter set forth.
- the pores of the wood will contain a large amount of crystallized salt, with very little moisture. Ithen, without removing the wood from the tank, immediately fill the tank with creosote oil, or dead oil, or any equivalent hydrocarbon oil. The wood readily taking up the oil, it becomes evenly distributed throughout the fibers of the Wood, confining the salt in the pores, and renderin g the wood impervious to water.
- the salt hardens the wood and renders it tough, while the creosote oil prevents the salt from being dissolved by water, and all the substances thus introduced into the pores of the wood viz., salt, hydrocarbon, and creosote-are powerful antiseptics, and tend to preserve the Wood from rot or decay, as well as from the ravages of insects.
- the second process of filling the pores of the wood with the oil less heat is required than in the first process of filling them with brine.
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Description
PATEN'I OFFICE.
v CHARLES G. VVATERBURY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.
IMPROVEMENT IN PROCESSES FOR HARDENING AND PRESERVING WOOD.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,402, dated March 5, 1872.
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T 0 all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, CHARLES G. WATER- BURY, of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Method of Harden-. ing and Preserving Wood; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.
My invention consists in filling the pores of wood with a composition of common salt, or other crystallizable preservative salt, such as sulphate of zinc, iron, &c., and creosote oil, dead oil, or other similar hydrocarbon oil, as hereinafter set forth.
I first place the wood in a large, tight, iron cylinder or tank, then apply heat in the form of steam, which I prefer to be superheated, or by any mode of heating lumber, for a sufficient length of time to vaporize the sap and soluble substances containing the albumen. When the water is thus expelled and the pores of the wood opened, and the wood heated through, I then treat the wood to a bath of strong salt brine, or other preservative salt in solution, which, in a Very short time, will fill all the pores of the wood. I then draw off the brine that has not been taken up by the wood, and again heat as before, thus evaporating the water, leaving the salt in the wood. When the water is thus expelled, the pores of the wood will contain a large amount of crystallized salt, with very little moisture. Ithen, without removing the wood from the tank, immediately fill the tank with creosote oil, or dead oil, or any equivalent hydrocarbon oil. The wood readily taking up the oil, it becomes evenly distributed throughout the fibers of the Wood, confining the salt in the pores, and renderin g the wood impervious to water. The salt hardens the wood and renders it tough, while the creosote oil prevents the salt from being dissolved by water, and all the substances thus introduced into the pores of the wood viz., salt, hydrocarbon, and creosote-are powerful antiseptics, and tend to preserve the Wood from rot or decay, as well as from the ravages of insects. In the second process of filling the pores of the wood with the oil, less heat is required than in the first process of filling them with brine.
What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The above described process of treating wood to harden, toughen, and preserve it.
0. G. W'ATERBURY. Witnesses:
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