US1600720A - Lumber package - Google Patents

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sept. 21,1926; 1,600,720.

' J. V. DENISON LUMBER PACKAGE Filed Oct. 25. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 sept. 21 192e. A1,660,720

J. V. DENISON LUMBER'PACKAGE Filed Oct. 25. 1924 2 Sl'xeeats-Sheetl 2 Patented sept. 21, 1926.

PATENT oFFIcE.

JOHN v. DENIsoN, oF sTEvENsoN, ALABAMA.

LUMBER PACKAGE.

Application led October 25, 1924. Serial No. 745,863.

My invention relates generally to the art of making bundles and bales and particularly to making packages of lumber, which lumber is of size and quality requiring care- 5 ful handling and protection against soiling and bruising and breaking and moisture and theft during transportation and while being kept in stock.4 y

One of the uses to which I have put my l improvement in regular practice is the packaging of cedar lumber made for lining moth- Aproof closets and boxes and for similar purposes, this cedar lumber being cut to the uniform width of two and one-half inches l and to the uniform thickness of threeeighths of an inch, while vthe piecesare of varying lengths. Thisvariation in length is due to the variation in the length of logs or blocks of cedar from which the boards or :0 strips are cut. Cedar trees do not grow large and they are so scarce as to require sawing trunks or blocks of any length which will produce these thin boards of a length which can be used. And it is to be noted that l5 cedar wood is soft and for that reason requires proper packaging; andI proper packaging includes giving to the package sufficient strength to prevent breaking of the pieces. v 0 For convenientmarketing of this lumber,

it is desirable to make standard or unit packages, packages which contain definite or uniform' quantities of surface measurement of the lumber. This reason is similar to the' 5 reason for making packages of cloth containing definite or uniform numbers of yards of the cloth.

In practice I have found that eight feet is a suitable length for these packages, and

) I have made this a standard length. This is 'convenient for handling and for transportation, and conforms approximately to the maximum length of pieces sawed for thi trade in connect-ion with my work.

i It' is also desirable that every package be -left between the ends of the short pieces.- `.That will require more layers to give the package the chosen numberv of lineal feet of uniform thickness or cross section from one end of the package to the other, and

that the package be thick enoughto make ity sufficiently strong to avoid breaking any of the pieces in the package vduring 'handlingor transportation. The package should also include a protective covering sufficient to,

prevent soiling and particularly to prevent bruising of the pieces and to'keep the lumber free from moisture.

la part being broken away;

Fig. 2 is an elevation showing a surface made up of edges of the lumber, the cover having not yet been applied;

`Fig. 3 is a plan of the package shown by Fig. 2;

,Fig 4 is an elevation, in full size, of a part of the structure as shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. is a cross section, in full size, on the line, 5 5, of Fig. 2, looking toward the right; l

Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views yshowing a shipping tag applied to the package;

ljig. 8 illustrates a sealing patch.

Referring to the drawings, A. A are the boards or strips of lumber. Each piece, A, has along one side edge a groove, A1, andalong its other side edge a tongue, A2. and

l'across one end a groove, A3, and across the other end a tongue, A4.

As-shown best in Fig. 5, the boards are placed in horizontal la ers, two pieces lieing placed side by si e, the edge ofione piecel bearing the tongue and the edge of the other piece bearino` the groove being brought together vand t e tongue entering the groove. One or more of the lower layers, and of the upper layers are preferably formed of pieces which are of the full length of the package. -The intermediate layers are made of pieces of full length or of an length which will produce the 'full lengtli of the package, pieces being selected which will, when laid lin position end to end,

make the full length or eight feet. Thus two pieces or several pieces mayI be placed 4end to end to make'the full length. This is the preferred way. -But spaces may be of boards. 1 y

It has .already been stated that the tongues and grooves on the meeting'-` side edges of the pieces are to be interlocked or inter'- engaged. The pieces which are shorter than A full length are preferably to be so placed grooves.

ing side edges and end edges of the pieces tends to glve the inished package such strength end stability as could not be had otherwise. The condition thus produced approaches the condition which would exist 1f lthe package consisted ofunitary boards of the full length and full width of the package. Making the package of uniform crosssection also contributes to strength.

The number of layers is made sufficient to put into the package the chosen or standard number of feet of surface measurement.

When the body of the packagehas been arranged as above described, any desired ,number of bands, B, are placed transversely 'around said body. Said bands are preferably formed of metal. The drawings show the body of the bands composed ofwire, the

ends of which are held by sheet metal p buckles, B1, of any well-known form.

the joint ormed-at The body is now readyv to be enclosed in the cover, C. `This is preferably formed of paper which is strong and adapted to prevent the passing of moisture. A sheet of ,such paper is folded around the body and v has its side-edges overlappingat CI. The

end edges are folded over each other as shown at C2. Then a sealing strip, C3, of.

paper i'sapplied len hwise along and over 1 and over the ends of the package. Thus all thev edges of the cover are well held and the cover neatly and effectively sealed, the cover being adapted to reventsoiling and to exclude' moisture 'an to revent bruising of the strips of lum-v ber an to add strength tocthe-package and to prevent 1mauthor1zed-remova1 of parts of the lumber pieces.

A further step conslsts in applying'one or -more shipping tags in a' secure manner.

This is done by securing such ta or tags to one or more -of the wirebands,

bands being covered by the package cover,

. These C, it is necessary tov puncture the paper at the 1place where the tag isxto be attached.

ig. 6, a'hook, H, is driven through the` aper cover and under a band, B, and the atter when drawn -outward far `enough to H passed through the Y.and across the wire,

allow the wire cord, T1, of the tag, T, to be oening in the paper between the latter and the adjacent lumber.` Then the hook l. price is high.

is toy be removed and the cord, T1, twisted upon itself for effective holding. In Fig. 7, an open wire link, T2, .extends through the eye of the tag, T,- and through an openingin the paper cover and across one of the bands, B, between the latter and the lumber.

This link is applied by passing the long arm of the link, T2, throughl the paper cover and across the band, B.

When the tag has been applied, the small opening thus/formed in the cover may be lclosed by means of a patch of paper, D, or

other sheet-form material having a slot, D1,

this patch being secured to the vcover by adhesive after being put into position by moving the patch to pass the cord, T1, 0.1' the link, T2, thrugh the slot,l D1, to the middle of the patch.

While the drawings show the package having twoboards or strips laid side by side to form the layers in the package, it is to be understood that these layers may be formed of any other number of boards, it

being remembered that the package ispto contain a chosen or standard number ofv board feet. A

Heretofore ithas been the practice with manufacturers of such cedar lumber to asvsort' and bundle or package the pieces or boards according to length, pieces 1 foot long forming a package' and other pieces in the same manner formi-ng bundles or packages of their lengths until the longest pieces are bundledby themselves. Thus none of the bundles are made composite. Every bundle contains 'pieces` of its length. In the handlingof this lumber, it must be sought to avoid bruising the vends of the pieces which are at the ends of the packages. If the lumber is assorted andA bundled according to lengths, the number of exposed ends of pieces is increased. In my composite package, the number :of exposed ends is .limited 'by placing the shorter pieces be'- tween the full lengtl pieces. Iftwo short pieces are thus placed end to end -between full lengths, those two short pieces have four ends but only two offthelr ends are placed at the ends of the "bundle, `If four short pieces are thus placedend to lend between the full length pieces, those four pieces have eight ends, but only two of those i eight ends are placed -at the ends of the package. `If eight vshort .'pieces are thus placed end to end between the' full lengthv ieces, those eight pieces have .sixteen ends.,

ut only two of those-sixteen ends are placed at the endsy of the: package. In this connection, it is to be observedthat this cedar lumber is soft and easily bruised. It is also to be remembered that the production of this lumber is By way of sulninary, it may be stated that in my composite package there are costly and that its selling A ment and the outer boards being of a stand-[ y reco/72o putation of the content of several or a car 'load of packages. 'It is only necessary-tdl multiply ,the content ofone package bythe@ number of packages. `That isa decided convenience for dealers and users. .Fur-l thermore, `tl1e number off packages iis 1.

limited, because there are-no short packages,

I claim as my invention,

l. A lumber package comprising Wooden boards andbands and a cover, the board;` l o Auniform Width .and laid side by side and) being tongued and grooved and being latwise` upon each other andtheir meeting edges making tongue-and-groove engageL ard lengthand the full length of the pack` age and intermediate boards being ,shorterf and laid end to end and having aggregate" length approximately equal to the length of the full length boards, the bands surroundinnr the vrou of boards and the cover -sur- C, t) i rounding the group of boards'and the bands, substantially as described.

2. A lumber package, comprising 1Wooden boards. andbands and a cover, the boards being of'uniform width and tongued and grooved at their 'side edges and at their ends and being laid side by side and flatvvise upon each other and their side edges making tongue-an'd-groove engagement and the outer. boards being the full length of the package and intermediate boards Y shorter and laid end to end and having aggregate length approximately equal to the length of the full lengthjboards and their meeting .ends making. tongue-and-groove engagement, the bands surrounding thel group of boards, and the cover surrounding the group of boards C,and the bands, sub-- stantially as described.-

3. A lumber package l.comprising flat boards, binding members, a Wrapper secured around the group of boardsy andthe binding members, and a tag, the-body of the wrapper havingV va perforation adjacent one -of the binding members and the tag having an attaching member extending through said perforation and. around said binding mem'- AAber, substantially as described.

4 A lumber package` comprisingflat boards, binding members, a wrap er secured around the .group of boards and t e binding members, a tag, the body, 'of the wrapper having a perforation adjacent' one ofthe',

binding members and the tag having van attaching member extending through, said fpackage and intermediate boards shorterand laid en d to end and having ag. fjgregate length aproximately equal to the ylength of the full length boards, and the '.bands surrounding the .'-ystantiallyl las described.

being l 5. A lumer package comprising wooden boards and bands, the boards being-tongued and grooved and being of uniform width er boards bein the full length of' the 6. A lumber package comprising Wooden boards and bands, the boards being tongued and grooved at their side edges'and at their ends and being of uniform vvidthy and laid side'. by side and -flatwise upon eachother and their side edges making tongue-andgroo'ye engagement and the outer boards being the full length of the ackage and intermediate boardsgbeing s orter and laid end toendv and :making tongueiand-groove engagement attheir meeting ends and having aggregatelength aproxlmately equal to the length'of the full length boards, and the bands surrounding the group of boards, substantiallyas described.

n7. A lumber package comprising wooden boards and bands, the boards beingtongued l and grooved and' being of uniform Width and laid sideby side and atwise upon each other and their meeting edges making and laid side by side and latwise upon each yother and their 'meeting edges making .tonguefand-groove engagement and the outbeing group of/ boards, subtongue-and-groove engagement and certain of l the boards being the full length of the package and certain of the boards being shorter and laid end to end and having aggregate length approximately equal to the length of the f ull length boards and the bands surrounding the group of boards, substantially as described.

8. Thel herein described method of making a lumber package, which method consists in laying flat boards upon each other to form the body ofvv the package, then placing bands around said body, then securing a wrapper around said body and thebands, and then attaching a tag to one of the bandsby mak- -ing apperforationy at one of the bands and forcing the adjacent partof the band out- Ward and passing the attachingA member of l the tag through said perforation and around said band, substantially as described.

In testimonyv whereof` I have signed my ty-four. v A

i JOHN v; DENisoN;

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