Lumber sticker
OwnerJames F. Aaroninventor
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Abstract
A lumber sticker for separating lumber, comprised of an elongated rectangular shaped block with generally rounded-off sides. The lumber sticker has channels cut into the top and bottom surfaces, traversing the width at substantially a diagonal. The channels are cut in an arcuate concave shape or a V-shape, and in one embodiment, the channels are cut at 45 degree angles relative to the lengths of the surfaces such that the channels of the top surface are perpendicular to the channels of the bottom surface. In yet another embodiment, the deepest point of each channel is at the midpoint of each channel. The point of contact between the lumber sticker and the wood panels is a substantially flat plateau between each channel.
Claims39
A device comprised of:
- a substantially planar first surface;
- a substantially planar second surface, said second surface being substantially parallel to said first surface;
- two side surfaces, each of said two side surfaces being arcuate;
- a back surface and a front surface, said back surface and said front surface being substantially parallel to each other;
- a plurality of channels on each of said first surface and said second surface;
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- a plurality of plateaus on each of said first surface and said second surface, wherein each of said plurality of plateaus separates each of said plurality of channels.
A device comprised of:
- a substantially planar first surface;
- a substantially planar second surface, said second surface being substantially parallel to said first surface;
- two side surfaces, each of said two side surfaces being pyramidal;
- a back surface and a front surface, said back surface and said front surface being substantially parallel to each other;
- a plurality of channels on each of said first surface and said second surface;
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- a plurality of plateaus on each of said first surface and said second surface, wherein each of said plurality of plateaus separates each of said plurality of channels.
A self-righting lumber sticker for separating lumber having:
- a length, a height, and a width;
- said length and said width being defined by a substantially planar first surface and a substantially planar second surface;
- said height and said width being defined by a front surface and a back surface;
- said length and said height being defined by two side surfaces, said two side surfaces being arcuately shaped;
- a first plurality of channels formed on said first surface and extending transverse to said substantially planar first surface from a first edge to a second edge of said lumber sticker;
- a second plurality of channels formed on said second surface and extending transverse to said substantially planar second surface from a third edge to a fourth edge of said lumber sticker;
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- a plurality of plateaus, one of said plurality of plateaus separating each of said first plurality of channels or each of said second plurality of channels.
A method for drying a plurality of lumber pieces in a stack comprising the following steps:
- placing a first layer of lumber to be dried on a substantially flat surface;
- placing a plurality of self-righting lumber stickers on said first layer of lumber, said plurality of lumber stickers being sufficient to support said stack and to allow drying of said plurality of lumber pieces, wherein said lumber sticker is a substantially elongated block with a substantially planar first surface, a substantially planar second surface, said second surface being substantially parallel to said first surface, two side surfaces, each of said two side surfaces being arcuate, a back surface, and a front surface, a plurality of plateaus on said first surface and said second surface, a plurality of first channels on said first surface, each of said plurality of first channels separated by one of said plurality of plateaus, and a plurality of second channels on said second surface, each of said plurality of second channels separated by one of said plurality of plateaus;
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- repeating each of said placing steps until said stack is formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.