Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 21st Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted. 23rd Dec., 1887
I, JOHN KEMP STARLEY, of the "Meteor " Works, Coventry, in the county of
Warwick, Velocipede Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows :-
This invention has for its object improvements in the construction of wheels for
carriages and like vehicles and relates to a class of wheel made and connected
principally by brazed joints.
My present invention is designed to still further improve and facilitate the
manufacture of metallic wheels of such type.
Instead of constructing the felloes, rims or tyres, or combined felloes or rims and
tyres in one piece of metal bent or rolled or otherwise formed to shape and then united at
its ends I form such felloes, rims or tyres or combined felloes or rims and tyres in
sections or segments united together by brazed joints or connecting-pieces whereby I
can cheapen the cost of such wheels and produce them truly.
The joints or connecting-pieces may be made in the form of plugs, ferrules, sleeves,
tubes, strips or like forms to fit inside the abutting ends of the sections or segments,
Such
or joint pieces in the form of strips or otherwise may fit outside the same.
joints may also act as tyre joints and in some cases I may braze a tyre in one piece to a
felloe or rim so built up in sections or segments and united by brazed joints or
connecting pieces.
I may also arrange a plug to fit in the spoke or a tube or piece to fit thereon and
be brazed thereto and carrying lugs or ears to fit the inside of the felloe or rim so that
the plug, tube or piece projects through the felloe or rim, and the brazing of the
spoke can be effected without interfering with the felloe or rim. The lugs or ears
may carry a dovetailed joint or a joint for a pin to pass through.
By this means the spoke may be detached without destroying the felloe or rim or
tyre, or the said detachable joint piece attached to the spoke may fit outside the felloe
or rim, and by arranging the spokes properly they may also serve to connect the
sections or segments of the tyre.

page_text: By using such detachable joints to connect the spokes to the felloe or tyre or the
sections or segments of the felloe or rim together a damaged or bent spoke can be
easily repaired or replaced.
There could be many ways of applying joints to connect a felloe or rim built in
sections or segments or to secure a spoke to such by brazing and I may vary the
above details.
I find such wheels are apt to make a noise in running. To deaden this I fill the
felloe, rim, tyre, spokes or other hollow parts with sawdust, shavings, bran, meal,
flour, charcoal or other powder or granular matter or cotton, wool, rags, hemp, jute,
or other fibres, or straw, hay, chaff or other like suitable material to deaden sound
and I may run into such hollow parts when filled or partly filled with such substances
(either alone or in combination) glutinous or like liquid or material capable of setting.
I may use glue, gelatine, rubber-solution, such a preparation as coaguline or analogous
compounds, and can either fill the parts separately or can run this in through an
aperture when the wheel parts are fitted together, so providing a more or less light
packing which considerably reduces or deadens the ring of a hollow metallic wheel
which obtains if used without a packing or filling.
POPPLEWELL, COLTON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Wheels for Carriages and like Vehicles.
I JOHN KEMP STARLEY of the Meteor Works Coventry in the county of Warwick
Velocipede Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:—
This invention has for its object improvements in the construction of wheels for
carriages and like vehicles and relates to a class of wheel made with and the parts
thereof connected by, (principally) brazed joints and is designed to improve and
facilitate the manufacture of metallic wheels of such type.
Instead of constructing the felloes, rims or tyres or combined felloes, or rims, and
tyres in one piece of metal bent or rolled or otherwise formed to shape and then
united at its ends I form such felloes rims or tyres or combined felloes or rims and
tyres in sections or segments united together by brazed joints or connecting pieces
whereby I can cheapen the cost of such wheels and produce them truly.
The joints or connecting pieces may be made in the form of plugs, ferrules, sleeves,
tubes, strips or like forms to fit inside the abutting ends of the sections or segments,
or joint pieces in the form of strips or otherwise may fit outside the same; such
joints may also act as tyre joints and in some cases I may braze a tyre in one piece
to a felloe or rim so built up in sections or segments and united by brazed joints or
connecting pieces.
I may also arrange a plug to fit in the spoke or a tube or piece to fit thereon and
be brazed thereto and carrying lugs or ears to fit the inside of the felloe or rim so that
the plug, tube or piece projects through the felloe or rim, and the brazing of the
spoke can be effected without interfering with the felloe or rim.
The lugs or ears may carry a dovetailed joint or a joint for a pin to pass
through.
By this means the spoke may be detached without destroying the felloe or rim or
tyre, or, the said detachable joint piece attached to the spoke may fit outside the felloe
or rim and by arranging the spokes properly they may also serve to connect the
sections or segments of the tyre.
By using such detachable joints to connect the spokes to the felloe or tyre or the
sections or segments of the felloe or rim together a damaged or bent spoke can
be easily repaired or replaced.
Many different methods for applying joints to connect a felloe or rim built in
sections or segments or to secure a spoke to such by brazing might be suggested
and I may therefore vary the details.
I find that wheels of this type are apt to make noise in running and to deaden
this I fill the felloe, rim, tyre, spokes or other hollow parts with sawdust, shavings
bran, meal, flour, charcoal or other powder or granular matter cork cuttings or
cotton, wool, hemp, rags, jute or other fibres or straw, hay, chaff or other like
suitable material and I may run into such hollow parts when filled or partly filled
with such substances (either alone or in combination) glutinous or like liquid or
material capable of setting-I may use glue, gelatine, rubber-solution, such

page_text: a preperation as coaguline or analogous compounds, and either fill the parts
separately or run the material or mixture in through an aperture when the wheel
parts are fitted together so providing a more or less light packing which
considerably reduces or deadens the "ring" of a hollow metallic wheel.
My invention is more particularly described and illustrated by the aid of the
accompanying drawing and referring to these
Figure 1. shews a longitudinal section of part of a felloe or rim constructed
according to my invention.
Figure 2. is a transverse section of the same.
A. A' are part of the sections or segments of the felloe or rim united by the
tube or ferrule Binserted between the two and brazed to both. Any suitable number
of sections or segments may be used together with the corresponding number of
connections.
Figure 3. is a longitudinal section corresponding to Figure 1 but a solid plug C
is used to make the brazed joint.
Figure 4. is the transverse section. The dotted line in Figure 1. is intended to
represent a continuous tyre brazed on to the built up felloe or rim which may also
be applied to any of the Figures.
Figure 5. is a side elevation of a method of uniting the sections or segments of
the felloe or rim by means of outside strips or joints and also shewing such as the
media uniting or assisting to unite a sectional or divided tyre to the built up felloe
or rim.
Figure 6. is the transverse section A. A' are part of the sections of the felloe or
rim D. D¹ are strips or plates brazed thereto and also to the sections or segments of
tyre F. These sections or segments carry lugs or ears G. G¹ fitting within the
felloe or rim and brazed thereto as clearly seen in Figure 6.
Though I have not shewn the connections of the spokes to the felloe or rim they
may be so connected by spread or extended brazed or other joints within the felloe
or rim as shewn in my specification No. 13210 of 1886, or for an alternative plan
the spokes may be united by flanges or flanged sockets brazed on the onter
under side of the felloe or rim and to which I lay no claim as it is not original
with me.
or
Figure 7. is a side elevation of another method of uniting the sections or segments
of the felloe or rim and also of uniting the ends of the spokes thereto as before
referred to.
Figure 8. is the transverse section. H is a plug to fit inside and be brazed to the
spoke end and carrying a flat piece I to fit between ears J. J₁ brazed to a web or
lug K a pin L connecting the same, or, the ears J. J¹ could be on the plug and the
flat piece I could be on the web or lug K.
The web or lug K is brazed into the tube or ferrule B uniting the sections or
segments A. A¹ and the tube or ferrule and the felloe or rim are perforated to let the
plug pass through.
As shewn in Figures 7. 8. 9. 10 the spoke connection may be made at the joint
connecting the sections or segments of the felloe or rim but where the spoke is
connected to the parts of the felloe or rim otherwise than at the joints of such it of
course only passes into the felloe or rim, the said joints uniting the sections or
segments of the felloe or rim being between various spokes or groups of spokes.
For a plug entering the spokes I may substitute a tube to fit over the spoke
ends.
Fig. 9. is a longitudinal section of another variation of the method of uniting the
sections or segments of the rim or felloe and of connecting the spokes thereto. The
plug H is formed with a male dovetail to fit (and be brazed if desired) into a female
dovetail on the web or lug K or the arrangement of the parts of the joint could be
reversed. A tube or ferrule B is used if desired as in Figure 7.
Figure 10. also shews a longitudinal section of a felloe or rim with another variation.
A solid plug C uniting the sections or seguients A. A' by the brazing action carries
plug H entering into and brazed to the spoke end.

page_text: Figure 11. is a transverso section of my felloe or rim as fitted with a rubber tyre
H' is the plug to braze to the spoke and shewn passing into the felloe or rim and
connected to the web K brazed to the ferrule or tube B' uniting the sections or
segments of the felloe or rim as in Figures 7 to 9. I is the rubber tyre fitted in a
trough J with overlapping flanges brazed to the sides of the felloe or rim. I do not
of course claim the trough fitted to a metallic felloe or rim for holding a rubber tyre but
show it as an example of fitting a rubber tyre to my improved felloes or rims.
The details of all these figures may be considerably varied.
Figure 12 shews a longitudinal section of part of a felloe or rim packed with
substances to deaden vibration as before described; when such plan is adopted in
wheels constructed as shewn in the accompanying drawings the substances referred
to or their equivalents must be inserted between the joints after such are made,
through holes in the tyres or felloes or spokes which can be closed by plugs or
otherwise, or, in the spokes before fitting them to the felloe or rim. For metallic
wheels where continuous felloes or rinis are used or spokes directly opening into the
same I may introduce the packing or filling in a dry state and agitate the wheel until
sufficiently packed.
When an agglutinating substance or matter is required to bind the mass I run it in
at any convenient opening or openings and when set secure the same, the nature
and consistency of this matter will depend on the material which it is required to
bind.
I am well aware of wagon and other wooden or iron wheels being constructed in
sections or segments united by clamping plates and bolts or like devices and I do not
claim such arrangements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is,
First. Constructing metallic wheels for carriages and like vehicles with felloes or
rims or felloes, rims and tyres in sections or segments united by jointing pieces or
connections brazed thereto as described.
Secondly. In a metallic wheel having a felloe or rim or felloe or rim and tyre in
sections or segments united by brazed jointing pieces, the employment of projections
or connecting devices proceeding from the felloe, rim or tyre joints to secure to the
spokes so that the same may be detached from the said felloe or rim or felloe rim
and connected tyre without injuring or destroying the aforesaid joint uniting the said
sections or segments substantially as described.
Thirdly. In metallic wheels for carriages and like vehicles, packing the hollow
felloes or rims, tyres, spokes or other hollow parts with pulverulent granular, fibrous
or like substances to deaden noise in running substantially as described.
Fourthly. The method of preventing or lessening noise in the running of metallic
wheels having hollow parts designed for carriages and like vehicles consisting of
inserting into or packing such hollow parts with, pulverulent, granular, fibrous or
like substances and then running in a glutinous or like liquid material or materials to
set the same substantially as described.
Fifthly. The several arrangements for constructing metallic wheels for carriagos
and like vehicles substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
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POPPLEWELL, COLTON & Co.,
17 & 18, Southampton Buildings,
Agents for the Applicant.