Improvements in the Wheels for Road Vehicles, and Pulleys or the like for Machinery.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Wheels for Road Vehicles, and Pulleys or the
like for Machinery.
AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD ARTER Hilly-field Works Barham Canterbury Engineer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved method of securing the spokes of tension
wheels to their hubs or centres, the object being to make a stronger and simpler
wheel than, at present in use and at the same time one that can be more easily and
cheaply repaired.
To accomplish this I form my spokes in pairs of a V shape with an eye or loop
made at the bottom of V or they may be made singly with eyes or loops in any
suitable manner. These eyes or loops I drop over a series of pins or hooks formed
at each end of my hub or centre which pins or hooks are arranged concentricly
around the axle or spindle. The ends of my spokes may be attached to the rim
or felloe of wheel in any convenient manner preferably that which provides a
means of tightening and adjusting same.
Dated this Sixteenth day of September 1895.
AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD ARTER.
Improvements in the Wheels for Road Vehicles, and Pulleys or the
like for Machinery.
1, AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD ARTER, of Hilly-field Works, Barham, Canterbury, in
the County of Kent, Engineer, 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 relates to wheels for road vehicles and to pulleys or the like
for machinery and to that class of such wheels or pulleys wherein tension spokes
are employed.
The object of my invention is to provide improved means for attaching the
spokes to the hubs or centres whereby a stronger and simpler wheel than at
present in use is produced and whereby at the same time repairs can be easily and
cheaply carried out.
According to my invention the flanges of the hub are provided with pins or
hooks and the spokes, which are made in pairs, are formed with loops or eyes fitting
on to the aforesaid pins or hooks.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wheel having the spokes and hub constructed
and arranged according to my invention:
Figure 2 is a front elevation of a portion of the hub; and,
Figure 3 is a side elevation shewing the hub with some of the spokes arranged
in connection with the same.

page_text: a is the wheel hub having flanges b upon which are formed a series of pins c, c
to which the spokes are connected. d, d are the spokes which are formed in pairs,
the wire forming each pair of spokes being bent at about the centre of its length
to form an eye e, which fits on to the pins c, c the outer or free ends of the said
spokes being rivetted or otherwise suitably attached to the wheel rim or felloe
and preferably by means whereby the tightening or adjustment of the tension of
the spokes can be regulated.
In the drawing I have represented the pins c, c as being formed upon the face
of the hub b; if desired, however, the said pins may be attached to the said hub.
Also I may form the pins by cutting recesses in the hub of a shape corresponding
with the external shape of the eyes.
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 :-
1. A tension wheel the spokes of which are formed in pairs with eyes or loops
adapted to be united with pins projecting from the hubs of the wheel, substantially
as described.
2. The manufacture and use of wheels or pulleys substantially in the manner
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 18th dev of Tuns 1906
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.