. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Machine for Making Shingles. Patentee: The International Shingle Machine Co., assignee to Win. F. Hutchison, all of New York, state of New York, , 2nd of April, 1895 ; 6 years. Claim.—1st. A method of making shingles, which consists in turning from a log a strip of veneer bevelled from edge lo edge and then splitting the strip transverse- ly to form the shingles. 2nd. Method herein described, which consists in feeding against a rotating log, knives have opp
. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Machine for Making Shingles. Patentee: The International Shingle Machine Co., assignee to Win. F. Hutchison, all of New York, state of New York, , 2nd of April, 1895 ; 6 years. Claim.—1st. A method of making shingles, which consists in turning from a log a strip of veneer bevelled from edge lo edge and then splitting the strip transverse- ly to form the shingles. 2nd. Method herein described, which consists in feeding against a rotating log, knives have opposite pitch, whereby two bevelled veneer strips are turned with the thick edge of one strip opposite the thin edge of the other. 3rd. A rotary veneer cutting machine, comprising the usual means of clamping, and also the customary means of feeding the knives, and a pair of knives arranged on opposite sides of the machine, the knives having opposite pitch and being adapted to feed simultaneously towards the log. 4th. One knife projecting upward and the other knife downward sub- stantially as Method of Preserving Timber. Patentee : John Simpson George, Newport, Oregon, , 5th of April, 1895 ; 6 years. Claim.—The heiein described process of preserving timber which consists in enforcing a solution of iron sul- phate and camphor sulphate into the pores of the tim- ber and afterwards passing a current of electricity through said timbers, substantially as described and foi the purpose set Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications
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