US2001402A - Floor board - Google Patents

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May 14, 1935. P Rl WE|TZEL 2,001,402

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Application November 4, 1932, Serial No. 641,130

. 3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in wooden floor boards and to the art of producing and finishing the same. v

Anobject of the invention is to provide a novel floor. board which may be manufactured at low .cost and which, when assembled with similar boards, will present a flooring of rich and attractive appearance, and which will resist impairment by wear and also resist the sliding or displacement of rugs thereon. Another object is to provide a board which maybe brought back to its original condition with little effort and expense following deterioration thereof caused by Wear thereon.

Another object is to provide a floor board which may be completely,y finished at the mill, including the application ofthe nal finishing material to be applied to the surface thereof, thereby eliminating the usual expensive hand labork customarily applied after the flooring is laid.

The invention resides in the novel characteristics of the improvedboard and in the `art of producing the same, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, illustrating the invention, i i

Figure 1 is a top view of my improved oor board, partly broken away.

Figure 2 is a view of one side thereof.

Figure 3 is a view of theopposite side thereof,

Figure 4 is a View of one end ofthe board.

,Figure 5 is a view of the opposite end thereof.

Figure 6 is` a, longitudinal section Of one end portion of the board. A Y

Figure '7 is a transverse section showing two boards assembled in a flooring.

Figure 8 is a top View of a number of the boards assembled in a flooring.

Referring to the drawing, the floor board is made of suitable light colored wood and it comprises a long body having end walls 2 and longitudinally-extending, parallel side walls 3.

The board may be of any suitable thickness for its intended use, and, as herein illustrated, one side 3 thereof is provided with a longitudinallyextending groove 4 and the opposite side 3 thereof is provided with a corresponding rib 5 so that when a number of boards are assembled in a ilooring with the opposing sides thereof in abutting relationship, the ribs 5 may occupy positions within the grooves 4 and prevent relative vertical displacement of adjacent boards.

The top surface of the board is provided with indented markings B, 'l and 8 which are produced by burning the wood along the markings by the aid of suitable heated wheels or'other instruments which are passed over and pressed against rthe board. y

The markings 6 extend along'the longitudinal edges of the board, the markings l extend along theend edges of the board, andthe markings 8 extend across the board and connect the markings 6v at suitably spaced intervals, so that the markingsl surround and define isolated areas 9 and I0 of the top surface of the board.

The upper edge portions of the side walls 3 are provided with markings Il which are joined kto and form continuations of the markings 6 and the upper edge portions'of the end walls 2 are provided with markings lZwhich are joined to and form continuations of the markings 1.

These` markings Il and l2 are produced by burnl ing the wood of the side and end walls of the board similarly to the production of the'markings6,'|and8.

.The burning of the wood in the production of all the markings produces the markings in a color which is black, .or substantially black, as contrasted with the light color of the wood forming the board, and the black4 or burnt wood of the markings penetrates to some extent into the body of the board.

After theY board has been provided with the markings 6, l, 8, Il and l2, as above described, coloring matter in the nature of liquid stain or paint is applied to the areasV 9 and I0 defined by the markings, by the aidof a brush or brushes,

or by the aid of other suitable` means, and the character of the coloring matter applied to the areas 9 differs as to color or'shade from that applied to the areas l0, so that when similar boards are assembled in a flooring, regularly recurring areas of specific color or shade will be presented in the formation of a design such, for f example, as the checkered effect shown in Fig. 8.

The contrasting coloring matter may be quickly and inexpensively applied to the areas 9 and Hl of the board, due to the fact that the areas are defined by the burnt markings on the board and to the fact that no change in result takes place if the coloring matter of one area laps or covers the markings between it and adjacent areas. f

After the coloring matter has been applied to the areas 9 and I0 of the board, the entire upper surface thereof is covered by a continuous coating of a suitable finishing material which will resist water, such as lacquer or shellac which may be sprayed upon the same or otherwise suitably applied thereto; and, in addition thereto the lacquer or shellac may be coated with wax and polished by any suitable friction producing means applied thereto.

The board is now ready for the market and to take its place among similar boards in a flooring; and, when it is assembled with other boards, the burnt markings Il and I2 on the side and end surfaces of the boards prevent any light wood from grinning through the side and en'd joints of adjacentboards when they expand and contract and they allow of many irregularities in the meeting edges of adjacent boards while they preserve well defined lines of uniform colorbetween adjacent boards.

Floorings constructed of oor boards made in accordance with my invention need no surface finishing operation or operations after they have been laid and they present as rich and attractive appearance as ymuch more expensive floorings which require surface nishing operations after the laying thereof; j

It willv be observed that the width of the edge markings 6 and 1 is one-half,"or substantially one-half, of the width of the markings 8 which extend between the edge markings, so that when a number of boards are assembled in a flooring the lines of the net work of lines or-markings which define the areas!! and lil, within the outer edge of the flooring, will be of uniform width.

n It will be observed also that the respective sides or edges of the indented lines or markings 8 Within the outer or edge markings 6 and 1 are flush with the upper surface of kthe board, and that the inner sides or edges of the vedge markings 6 and l are flush with the upper surface of the board while the outer sides or edges of the edge markings 6 and 'I are below the plane of upper surface of theboard a distance corresponding with the ,depth of the indented markings 8, so that when y the boards are assembled in a ooring, the combined adjacent edge markings will produce indented .lines or markings corresponding in appearance with the lines or markings which cross the body of the boards between the edge markings thereon, thereby presenting a uniform appearance of all lines or markings forming the entire net work thereof in the flooring.

The edges of the indented lines or markings of the flooring provide an effective means for preventing rugs placed thereon from sliding or being accidentally displaced. Y y

The indentation of the burnt lines or markings in the flooring, coupled with the extension of the markings into the body rof the wood, prevents the ordinary wear on the flooring from reaching or affecting the burnt markings for a very long period of time; and, should the surfaces of the areas of the boards defined by the indented markings thereon deteriorate in regions where the greatest wear occurs, the same may be easily and inexpensively brought back to the original condition of the flooring by the application of corresponding coloring matter to such areas or the application of wax thereto and the polishing thereof, or both, asthe extent o'f the deterioration may require.

When nails are employed to secure the boards of the flooring to the base or foundation upon which the flooring is laid, either with or without the presence of the grooves 4 and ribs 5; and the nailsare driven through the boards from the top surfaces thereof to points below such surfaces, the nails may be driven through the burnt markings on the. boards and thereafter the holes above the nails may be effectually eifaced by a filler v.of black wax or other suitable lling material placedtherein. n

yIt will now be understood that, by the employment of my invention and by varying the shapes and sizes of the areas defined by the burnt markings thereon, and by varying the colors or shades of colorl in the coloring matter applied to such areas, many different designs and color effects may be produced in the finished floorings. I'claim las my invention, y 1. As a new article of manufacture, a Wooden board having charred vportions forming borders on its top surface extending along its longitudinal edgeportions and contrasted with portions of the board between such borders and continuing down the adjacentportions of the longitudinal sides of the board, said borders being depressed below lthe toprsurface of portions of the board between such borders. f

2. As anew article of manufacture, a wooden board having charred portions forming borders on Aits top'su'rface extending along its longitudinal edge `portions and contrasted with portions lof the board between such borders and continuing Adown the adjacent portions of the longitudinal sides of the board, said top surface having markings of a character like said borders and extending therefrom transversely of the board.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a wooden board having charred portions forming borders on its top surface extending along its longitudinal edge portions and contrasted with portions of the board between such borders 'and' continuing down the adjacent portions of the longitudinal sides of the board.

PAUL R. 'WEITZEL

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