Improvements in and connected with the Hubs of Vehicle 'Wheels.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 25th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with the Hubs of Vehicle 'Wheels.
I, CHARLES EDWARD HALL, of Fitzwilliam Street East, Huddersfield,
Yorkshire; Wheelwright, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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"This invention refers to the naves or hubs of wheels for carriages and other
vehicles, and consists of means for strengthening and for protecting the hub
portion from exposure to the weather, which has a dilaterious effect upon the wood
and causes it to rot away.
In carrying out my invention I cast a suitable metal sheath or band to
correspond to the hub and adapted to fit the same. This sheath is driven or
contracted onto the hub and, if required, may be further secured by bolts, pins.or
screws. A portion of the said sheath or band is enlarged or extended outwardly
and provided with sockets or openings to receive the ends of the spokes, which are
driven through them into the spoke sockets in the hub. The axle of the vehicle is
secured in the hubs in the ordinary way and covered by screwed caps, and
projecting over said caps, are short collars or bands, which are driven or screwed
onto the ends of the metal sheath and engage flanges or projecting beadings
thereon.
The sheath or band may be made of any suitable metal and afterwards finished
to suit the class of vehicle for which the wheels are intended.
By the means hereinbefore described, the hub of the wheel is entirely enclosed
or sheathed in metal which adds strength to it especially, where the spokes are
driven in and prevents the injurious effects resulting when the wood is exposed to
the weather.
. Dated this 23rd day of January .1893.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with the Hubs of Vehicle Wheels.
I, CHARLES EDWARD HALL of Fitzwilliam Street, East, Huddersfield,
Yorkshire, Wheelwright, 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 refers to the naves or hubs of wheels for carriages and other
vehicles and consists of means for strengthening, and for protecting the hub portion
from exposure to the weather which has a dilaterious effect upon the wood and
causes it to rot away.
In carrying out my invention I cast a suitable metal sheath or band to
correspond to the hub and adapted to fit the same.
This sheath is driven or
contracted onto the hub; and, if necessary, may be further secured by bolts, pins or
screws. A portion of the said sheath or band is enlarged or extended outwardly
and provided with sockets or openings to receive the ends of the spokes which are
driven through them into the spoke scckets in the hub.
The axle of the vehicle is secured in the hubs or naves in the ordinary way and
covered by screwed caps, and projecting over said caps are short collars or bands
which are driven or screwed onto the ends of the metal sheath and engage with
flanges or projecting beadings thereon.

page_text: In order that my invention may be more fully understood reference is herein had
to the accompanying drawings illustrative thereof.
Fig. 1 is longitudinal section of the hub ioranave of a vehicle wheel having my
improvements added thereto;
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Fig. 2 is transverse section of same taken on line a..b.;, and
Fig. 3 is plan view of part of Fig. 2.
In the drawings A represents the nave or hub of the wheel and B the axle on
which it is secured in the ordinary manner.
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C represents my improved protector sheath or band cast or made to correspond
internally with the nave A onto which it is driven or contracted. If required, the
said sheath may be further secured by means of bolts, pins, or screws passed
through the sheath and driven or screwed into the hub.
The hub sheath or band is made with a flange or flanges C¹ divided radially into
as many spaces or openings D as there are sockets E in the hub. The said
openings are brought opposite the sockets E when the sheath is secured onto the
nave so that the spokes F may be driven through them into the hub as shewn, thus
protecting the inner ends of the spokes and adding strength to the hub.
Beadings or flanges G are formed near to each end of the hub sheath to serve as
abutments to collars or bands such as H which may be driven or screwed onto
said ends of the sheath to protect the ordinary caps or parts employed to secure
the axle.
The sheath or band may be made of any suitable metal and afterwards finished
to suit the class of vehicle for which the wheels are intended.
By the means hereinbefore described the hubs of wheels are entirely enclosed or
sheathed in metal which adds considerable strength thereto especially where the
spokes are driven in, and serves also to preserve the wood from the injurious effects
resulting from exposure to the weather."
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 :-
The metal hub sheath or band for vehicle wheels constructed in the manner and
for the purposes substantially as herein shewn and described.
Dated this 23rd day' of October 1893.