US1397328A - Portable veneer-rack - Google Patents

Description

R. T. QUICK.

PORTABLE VENEER RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1920.

1 97,328, Patented Nov. 15, 1921.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, I920,

1,397,328, Patented Nov. 15, 1921.

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PORTABLE VENEER-RACK.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Nov. 15, 1921.

Application filed May 8, 1920. Serial No. 379,883.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT T. QUICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pamplico, in the county of Florence and State of South Carolina, have invented anew and useful Portable Veneer-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my'invention is to provide a novel rack especially designed to be used in a suitable kiln to dry thin veneer suspended from the top of the rack with five or six pieces to each pin, suspended by one edge only. It is the especial object of my invention to provide improved and simple means for suspending the veneer from the rack, as shown; and also to provide racks of such construction that they may be mounted on the customary steel truck, and which may also, if desired, be arranged in double-deck fashion. It is the further object of my in vention to provide a rack capable of carrying a larger quantity of veneer than could otherwise be carried on the steel truck under ordinary conditions, and to provide a rack from which the veneer may be conveniently removed after passing through the kiln. It is the further object of my invention to provide the novel combination of parts disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention in use and mounted on a truck;

Fig. 2 is a top plan of the rack;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a detail elevation of a portion of one end of the rack;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of one of the pins 11; and

Fig. 6 is a transverse section through pm 11 on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Like numerals designate like parts in each of the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I provide suitable posts 1, mounted on ralls 7 extending longitudinally of the rack, and which in turn are mounted on transverse rails 8. Posts 1 are connected by beams 4:, which are braced to posts 1 by suitable braces 6. I provide suitable end beams 2 and suitable reinforcing diagonal cross braces 3, attached to posts 1, as shown in Fig. 3. I further provide suitable rails 5, attached to the inner side of posts 1, at their base, and extending longitudinally of the rack; Posts 1 are provided with suitable notches 21 to recelve rails 7,-which in turn are provided with slots 22 to receive the cross rails 8, which support the rack on a suitable truck line. I provide suitable strips 10 extending longitudlnally of the rack and secured to end beams 2 by suitable l. shaped bolts 17, the ends 18 of which extend under beams 2 as shown in Fig. 1, and suitable washers 20 and nuts 19 attached to bolts 17 as shown. Clamped between the strips 10 are a series of pins 11 each of which is provided with a slot 13 and a V shaped mouth 15 in which the slot 13 terminates. As shown in Figs. 5 and 6 each of the pins is protected against splitting by suitable reinforcing bolt 14 and nut ll' which is attached to the threaded end of the bolt. The pins are also provided with suitable apertures 16 by which the pins are secured to the strips 10 by nails or other suitable means.

In operation several strips of veneer are inserted in the slots 13 of transversely alined pins 11 where they are held suspended from successive pins by one edge only, five or six pieces to each pin. The strips of veneer are readily suspended in the pins as shown in Fig. 1, and as thus arranged are quickly dried in the kiln. The rack may be constructed either of wood or of metal. The slots 22 and 21 in members 7 and 1 respectively hold the rack securely in place. Pins 11 are disposed in transversely alined relation.

l/Vhat I claim is:

1. In a rack of the class described a rectangular frame, the frame having notched members for securely mounting the rack on a truck, means extendinglongitudinally of the top of the frame for holding a series of pins, and a plurality of series of pins, the pins being arranged in transversely alined relation, each of the pins having a slot shaped to readily receive the edges of strips of veneer, and each of the pins having means for reinforcing same against splitting, said means being disposed in proximity to the upper end of the notches, substantially as set forth.

In a device of the class described, the combination of a truck rails extending longitudinally of the truck, a rack securely mounted on said rails, said rack comprising posts, longitudinal and end beams connecting the respective posts, reinforcing diagonally disposed braces, pin-holding strips arranged in sets and extending longitudinally of the top of the rack, L shaped bolts securing said strips to end beams of the rack, and a series of slotted material holding pins secured to said strips, transversely positioned pins being arranged in alined position, whereby strips of veneer may be inserted in and held by the pins, being suspended byone edge only. i

3. In combination with the mechanism described in claim 2, bolts extending transversely through each ofthe pins and posi- 'tioned in proximity to their slotted portions to' prevent splitting under pressure of the veneer.

4. A portable rack for suspending strips ofveneer byone edge, comprising a frame,

means for mounting the frame securely on a truck, spaced series of pin-holding strips secured to the upper portion of the frame and xtending longitudinally thereof, corresponding series of slotted pins rigidly mounted between the aforesaid strips, the pins being disposed in transversely .alined relation to hold transversely extending strips of veneer in suspended position.

' ROBERT T, QUICK.

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