Improvements in Driving Bands and the like, and in Wheels therefor.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 16th June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 16th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 13th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Driving Bands and the like, and in Wheels
therefor.
I JOSEPH BECKER of 42 Alma Square St. John's Wood in the County of
Middlesex Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct wheels and connections in which the
connections can be easily put on and taken off, and shortened and lengthened at
will without being taken off from the wheels.
My invention consists of wheels and connections.
The wheels are of various forms and diameters and shaped to suit the connection,
some having flanges on each side, some being of polygon form, and some being
pitch-chain wheels.
To these different wheels various connections are provided suiting the shape of
the wheels.
The connections are composed of various kinds, as, wires, bands, chains, cords,
ropes, balls, cogged plates, cylinders, cylinder sleeves and flat sleeves; and are to
be used in various ways.
The wheels which are connected by sleeves, wires and bands, are ribbed or
cogged across, and shaped to suit the connection.
The sleeves which are to receive wires and bands are ribbed or cogged across
and tapered at ends.
Screwed holes are made in them provided with screws and are to be used to
fasten the wires or bands to the sleeves at any distance apart.
Sleeves are also used without screwed holes and screws.
The ends-fastening sleeves are of various kinds, male screws are formed upon tho
sleeves, openings are made along centre on opposite sides of the greater part of the
sleeve.
The end of the sleeve has a projection inside at end or a plate is fixed into the
end of the sleeve in which a hole or holes are made and is to be used to receive one
end or ends of the wires or bands.
Along in length in the openings a movable plate is fitted in which a hole or holes
are made and is to be used to receive the other end or ends of the wires or
bands.
To the screws of the sleeves behind the movable plate a nut is fitted which
is turned by a key and shortens or lengthens the connection.
The wheels which are connected by cogged or ribbed plates, wires and bands,
are cogged or ribbed across to suit the connection.
The cogged plates are of various kinds, holes are made in the upper or side part
of the plates. Screwed holes are drilled provided with screws to be used to tighten
the wires or bands to the plates at any distance apart.
The cogged ends-fastening plate are of various kinds, as oblong or square, on
each side of the top part of the plate flanges stand upright. In two of the flanges
one opposite the other holes are drilled to receive a cylinder or other formed pin.
The cylinder is fitted on one end with a square top and the other end is fitted with
a racket wheel. In the other flanges opposite one another holes are made through
which the wires or bands pass into the top part of the plate and are from one or
both sides attached to the cylinder. The cylinder is turned by a key by which
means the connection is shortened or lengthened.

page_text: The ends-fastening plates can also be fitted with two cylinders one on each end
of the plate. The cylinders are ribbed or cogged, fitted at one end with a square
top and at the other with a racket wheel.
The ends of the bands or wires are fitted with ribbed or cogged plates and when
placed in the ends-fastening plate, the cylinder is turned with a key and shortens or
lengthens the connection.
Another cogged ends-fastening plate may also be used having flanges on two
sides opposite each other, holes are made through the flanges to admit and fasten
the ends of the wires or bands to the plate.
Screwed hole provided with screws may also be made in the flanges to tighten
the wires or bands to the plate.
The ends-fastening plate can also be formed like a box with a lid, holes are made
in the lid and the bottom part outside is cogged.
On opposite sides holes are made which are used to pass the wires or bands into
the box. To the bottom part inside the box one or more cylinders are fitted which
are to receive sleeves, which are fitted with cogged and racket wheels of various
kinds. The cogged wheels may be formed or fitted with flange wheels which are
to be used to receive the ends of the wires of the connection. One of the sleeves is
fitted with a square top which passes outside the box, the square top is turned with
a key turns the wheel which causes the other wheels to revolve and shortens or
lengthens the connection.
The wires can also be attached only to one sleeve which is provided with a racket
wheel at bottom and a square top at the other end of the sleeve. When the square
top is turned the connection is shortened or lengthened.
The wheels which are connected by means of cylinders, sleeves, wires and bands,
are shaped to receive the cylinders. In the cylinders or sleeves holes are made
across to receive wires or bands. The cylinders are placed close together or can be
put apart by screwing the wires or bands to the cylinder, or placing sleeves between
the cylinders.
The ends-fastening plates are shaped at the bottom as half cylinders fitting to
the wheels, and shorten or lengthen the connection as described in the cogged
ends-fastening plates.
To connect pitch-chain wheels the connection is composed of different links, wires
and ends-fastening plates.
The links are of various kinds as oblong or square.
The two opposite sides of the links are hollow. The hollow parts are used to
receive the wires. The links through which the wires are passing into the ends-
fastening plates may be different from the other links. The hollow parts of the
links may be only connected at one end and may be shorter than the other
links.
The ends-fastening plates are of various shapes, one is formed as a half-
cylinder being hollow.
In the top part an opening is made in length holes are drilled in sides one
opposite another to receive a cylinder or other formed pins.
The cylinder is fitted with a square top at one end and on the other with a
racket wheel. In the other sides of the half cylinder form holes are made one
opposite the other for passing the wires into the half cylinder form, and they
are from one or both sides attached to the cylinder, the square top is turned
with a key and shortens or lengthens the connection.
Another ends-fastening plate may also be used having flanges on sides one
opposite the other.
Holes are made in the flanges through which the wires pass into the plate.
The plate is fitted with a cylinder which is fitted with a sleeve and a racket
wheel at bottom the top part of the sleeve is fitted with a square top and the
wires are attached to the sleeve or wheel, the square top is turned with a key
and shortens or lengthens the connection.
Other ends-fastening links are also provided, holes are made in the sides of the

page_text: links opposite each other to receive the ends of the wires which are to be fastened
to the links.
The wheels which are connected by means of wires, bands and balls, have holes
drilled in them and grooves are provided between the flanges to receive the balls,
wires and bands. The balls are of various kinds as joining, distance, winding up
and ends-fastening balls. The joining balls have a hole through centre to receive
wires or bands. The balls fitting close together can be placed apart by putting a
sleeve between them. The distance balls have a hole through centre and have at
right angles a screwed hole with screw to be used for tightening the wires or bands
to the balls.
The ball can be placed any distance apart.
The winding-up ball is divided into two halves and is hollow, in each half across
in length and breadth on both sides a half hole is made. From one side of the
half hole across to the other a cylinder or other formed pin is placed provided with a
square top at one end and a racket wheel at the other. The ends of the wire pass
through the holes which are at right angles to the other holes, into the ball and one
or both are attached to the cylinder.
The two halves are screwed together, the cylinder is turned with a key and
shortens or lengthens the connection as required.
To the greater part or whole part of the centre of the ends-fastening ball
a screwed hole is made and in the remaining part it is continued by a smaller
hole.
At right angles a screwed hole or holes are made provided with screws to be used
to fasten the ends of the connection to the ball. The ends of the wires are fitted
with a projection, one of the ends is placed in the lid of the ends-fastening ball, the
other end is fitted into a sleeve upon which male screws are formed and the sleeve
or sleeves screw into the screwed hole of the ends-fastening ball.
Another ends-fastening ball is used in which a hole is male through centre. A
section is cut out from the surface to the centre from top to bottom.
A hole is made at right angles from the middle of the centre hole into the
ball which is used to receive one end of the wire. The section cut out of ball is
replaced.
Along the inside of the replaced section a groove is made in the middle of which
a hole is made to receive the other end of the wire.
The ends of the wires are fitted with projection fitting into the holes. Each
projection may have a hole to be used when the wires with the projection are
placed into the ball and section of the ball. The section ball and ends of the
wires are screwed together by means of another screwed hole provided with screw
which passes through section, the two opposite holes and ball. The section may
also be screwed into the ball across.
The connection composed of cylinders, sleeves, wires, can also be used on pitch
chain wheels. The ends-fastening sleeves can be used on all the connections.
JOSEPH BECKER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Driving Bands and the like, and in Wheels
therefor.
I, JOSEPH BECKER of 42 Alma Square, St. John's Wood in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, 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 :-
Improvements in driving bands and the like and in wheels therefor.
The object of my invention is to so construct driving bands and the like and the
wheels therefor, that the bands or the like can be easily put on, and taken off, and

page_text: be shortened or lengthened at will without the necessity of removing them from
the wheels.
My invention consists in the novel construction of driving bands or the like and
wheels therefor. The wheels may be of various forms and diameters and shaped
to suit the bands or the like employed for driving them. Some of the wheels have
projections or flanges a standing out from their peripheries for the purpose of
keeping the bands from slipping off the wheels. These projections or flanges may
be formed in one piece with the wheels as shewn at Figs. 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
and 17 of the annexed drawings but in order to enable the peripheries of the
wheels to be more readily grooved, ribbed or cogged I prefer to make the projections
or flanges of separate ring shaped pieces a' which may be affixed to the wheel by
screws a² as seen at Figs. 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 18 & 19. Others of the wheels are as
shown at Figs. 5 and 6 lower at sides a* a* with the middle part a³ projecting.
The peripheries of the wheels are grooved, ribbed or cogged in various ways as
for instance in the way shewn by Figs. 1 to 10 or are formed to receive cylinders
or sleeves as shown by Figs. 5 & 6. Holes are formed in the peripheries of some
to receive balls and sleeves, as shewn by Figs. 11, 12 & 13 and others are formed
to receive cogged, ribbed or other sleeves and cogged beads or rings as shewn by
Figs. 14 to 17. Others are formed to receive pitch chains.
Some of the wheels are made in two sections a³ ³ as illustrated at Figs. 14 to 17
one section is fitted with a neck pointing inwards in which the centre hole a
is made for the reception of the shaft and in the other section as a hole as is made
to fit to the neck of the section a. The wheel may be hollow to make it lighter
and screwed holes a' are made in the two sections through which the screws a" are
screwed in order to firmly secure the sections together.
The driving bands are of various kinds, as is hereinafter more fully described
and holes are made in some of them as seen at Figs. 20 & 21 and these holes may
if preferred be fitted with eyelets .
These bands are fitted in various ways with various plates (Figs. 20 & 21) which
I call "wheel fitting plates." The bottom part of these plates are grooved, ribbed
or cogged to correspond with the wheels which they are intended to drive, and some
have semi-circular grooves. Screwed holes are made in the plates provided with
screws used to screw the plates to the bands. Plates strips or blocks e² of
various kinds provided with holes may be preferably fitted over the band, the said
plates strips or blocks and the band being screwed together by the screws e.
Other wheel fitting plates the same at the bottom as those described in the
preceding paragraphs are also used but having in addition apertures or holes
formed through their sides as at Figs. 26 & 31 the apertures receive the band & the
holes the wires. Figs. 27 to 31 shew the wheel fitting plates fitted to wires. Screwed
holes are made provided with screws c¹ to be used to screw the plates c³ to the band
or wires and keep said plates any required distance apart as seen at Fig. 25.
When the plates are fitted to wires they can also be kept apart by placing
sleeves e between them as shewn at Fig. 30, screws being then unnecessary.
"
The plates to which the ends of the bands are attached I term "ends-fastening
plates which are of various kinds. One construction of such ends-fastening plate
is illustrated at Figs. 32 to 35 and is composed of several plates, .:-A wheel-
fitting plated, a moving plate or block e and a stationary plate or block /.
The wheel-fitting plate" d has a projection d¹ on each side, one opposite the
other each of which projections d' is dovetailed on the inside. The bottom part
of the wheel fitting plate" which fits to the wheel is formed in a similar manner
to those already mentioned.
The moving plate or block e shewn separately by Figs. 36 to 39 is formed of an
oblong or square shape and is fitted in various ways. A groove el is made in the
bottom part of the plate or block extending from one end to the other and screwed
holes ex are made in the groove. A portion of one of the projecting sides is
lower than the other as at 3 and one end of the band is fitted from this lower side
into the groove e'. Another plate e¹ (see Fig. 40) is fitted over the band, screwed
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page_text: holes e are made in the plate provided with screws and when this plate is in position.
& the screws are tightened up, it securely fastens the band to the moving plate or
block e.
A screwed hole e is also made through the centre of the moving plate or
block for the reception of the screw pin g hereinafter more fully referred to.
The stationary plate or block is fashioned similar to the moving plate or blocke
and is to receive the other end of the band. On opposite sides or bottom of the
plate or block screwed holes are made provided with screws.f! which are used to
screw the plate or block to one end of the wheel-fitting plate d, and through the
middle of the plate or block a hole is made which smaller than the screwed
hole in the moving plate or block e and is for the reception of the smooth part g
of the before mentioned screw pin g. Instead of the groove a groove e
(Figs. 41, 42 and 43) may be made across in breadth of the moving and stationary
plates or blocks e & f. Screwed holes e are made in the groove and the groove
inay be ribbed grooved or otherwise roughened along its length as at Fig. 43. The
end of the band is placed in the groove e and the band is covered with another.
plate e (Figs. 44).of suitable shape which may, also, be ribbed grooved or otherwise
roughened as at Figs. 44. Screwed holes eo are made therein provided with screws.
which securely fasten the plate to the plate or block e orf with the band tightly
held between them.
The moving and stationary plates or blocks e & fare fitted to the wheel-fitting
plate d and are connected by the before mentioned pin g.
The greater part of this pin is screw threaded,, and the unscrewed, remaining
portion is smaller in diameter.
The screw threaded part fits into the screwed hole e in the moving plate or
block e and the, unscrewed portion g' fits into the hole in the stationary plate' or
block. The unscrewed end of the connecting ping outside the plate or block fis
fitted with a square or hexagonal top or head in which holes g³ may be made.
The head is turned by a key or lever thereby revolving the ping and causing
the moving plate or block e to travel to or fro thus shortening or lengthening the
-band-as required-without-removing it from the wheels. The moving plate or
blocke may also if preferred be provided with a screw e to aid it in being rigidly
held in position after the band has been sufficiently stretched or tightened.
When wires are attached to the moving and stationary plates or blocks slots h
are made in the lower projections of the plates or blocks as seen at Figs. 45, 46
& 47 and holes are made in the grooves in proximity to the slots . The wires
are fitted into the holes and slots and secured to the plates or blocks by means of
the plates (Figs. 48).
Another construction of ends-fastening plate is also. used which is oblong or
square, as shewn at Figs. 49 & 50.
At the top part of the plate on opposite sides flanges i project. Holes are
drilled in these flanges some being in the centre and others at one or both ends.
The centre, holes receive a cylindrical or other suitably formed pin This
cylindrical or other suitably formed pin is fitted at one end with a square top or
head and at the other end (or it may be both ends) with a racket wheel a engaging
with a pawl. The racket, wheel-can also be fitted into the flanges & where a
groove can be made to receive same.
Holes are made in the cylindrical pin to receive the ends of the wires which
are fastened by screws to the cylindrical pin. The other ends of the wires are
fastened to one end of the ends-fastening plate in a similar way by means of the
screws 28
or may be fitted to a stationary plate or block similar to the one before
described which would be fastened to the ends-fastening plate. Or instead of
securing the wires to the pin by means of the screws holes may be made.
through the cylindrical pin and a wire passes through one of these holes and back
through the other as at Fig. 51, the ends being attached to one end of the ends-
fastening plate as described before.
In the holes in the end of the flanges a revolving pin, or a stationary pin is
furnished with a revolving sleeve, is fitted to facilitate, the winding up of the

page_text: band or wires. In another construction the above described cylindrical pin is
replaced with the device shewn by Figs. 53 to 62 which consists of two parts j
and the one I call the receiving and the other the fastening part, both being
of a semi-circular form.
In the receiving part; a longitudinal groove is made and the greater portion
of each of the projecting sides is lower than the ends, and screwed holes j³ are
made in the groove j'.
The fastening part is provided with a longitudinal projection, fitting loosely
in the groove of the receiving part and projecting from the opposite sides of
this part are studs or pins ². Screwed holes ³ are made in the fastening part
provided with screws. The band is fitted in the groove j' of the receiving part j
the fastening part is fitted over the band and both parts and the band are screwed
together and fitted to the ends-fastening plate.
The other end of the band is fitted into the stationary plate or block described
before which is screwed to one end of the ends-fastening plate.
Wires instead of bands can also be fitted to the device just described as shewn
at Figs. 63 & 64 in the manner described before.
When the cylindrical or other suitably formed pin i¹ is fitted to the ends-fastening
plate, the pin may be revolved by a key thereby shortening or lengthening the
band or wires as required according as the pin is turned in one or the other
direction.
The wheels which are connected and driven by sleeves, beads or rings and wires,
are cogged or ribbed across as shewn at Figs. 14 to 17 and shaped to suit the
connection.
The sleeves for driving this construction of wheel are marked and are of
various kinds, some are cogged or ribbed across at 1* as shewn by Figs. 65 & 66,
and screwed holes are made in them provided with screws used to fasten the
sleeves to the wire and keep them at the required distance apart.
The sleeves can also be without screwed holes and screws in which case they
would lie one close against the other and be preferably formed as shewn at
Figs. 67, 68 & 69. In some cases, as shewn at Figs. 70, 71 and 72 other sleeves m
are used without being cogged or ribbed and when fitted to the wire or wires,
beads m of various forms are placed between the sleeves. The number or length
of these sleeves m determine the "pitch" of the connection. With these con-
nections special sleeves are used which term "ends-fastening sleeves."
The ends-fastening sleeves marked n are of various kinds, one construction is
shewn at Figs. 73, 74 & 75 and screw threads are formed upon the greater part of
their length. Longitudinal openings or slits n' are made along the centre on
opposite sides.
In the end of the sleeve a transverse hole is made passing through the sleeve.
Half of the hole is screwed and provided with a screw 2. The screwed part of
this hole is larger in diameter than the other portion. From the edge of the sleeve
& extending to the screwed part of the hole a slot n³ (Fig. 75) is made. The
slot and unscrewed part of the hole is used to receive one end of the wire and the
screw fastens the wire to the sleeve in the manner shewn by Fig. 75.
The screwed part of the hole or hole and slot may also if preferred be fitted
with a plate which is interposed between the screw & the wire so as to prevent
damage to the wire when the latter is screwed to the sleeve.
Or the sleeve may be without slot or slot and hole and be formed as at Fig. 76;
in this case the bore n of the end of the sleeve is made smaller in diameter. The
end of the wire is then knotted or fitted with a projection o to prevent it passing
through the bore or narrow end of the sleeve just described.
The other end of the wire is fitted with projections which are placed in the
openings or slits n' of the ends-fastening sleeve and behind the projecting parts a
nut is fitted to the screw threaded portion and this nut is ribbed on its surface.
Screwed holes may be made in this nut provided with screws to fasten same to
the sleeve and prevent it getting loose. The nut is turned by a key and by

page_text: revolving shortens or lengthens the wire as required without the said wire being
removed from the wheels.
Some wheels are grooved in semi-circular form across their peripheries as at
Figs. 5 & 6 so as to receive and be driven by cylinders or sleeves arranged as shewn .
at Figs. 77 to 81.
These cylinders or sleeves r may be preferably larger in diameter at their ends r
and screwed holes provided with screws are made in the ends ¹ to screw the
cylinders to the wires at any required distance apart. The cylinders when fitted to
the wires can be close together as at Fig. 81 or may be kept any distance apart by
placing sleeves or beads between them as at Fig. 80 which are shaped at their
ends to fit the cylinders. In this case the screwed holes and screws in the
cylinders can be dispensed with, and the ends of the wires are fitted to the ends-
fastening plates or to the ends-fastening sleeves in the manner already described..
The combination of sleeves or cylinders, sleeves and wires as described, may also
be used as pitch chains as shewn at Figs. 82, 83, & 84, where the cylinders are
markeds and the sleeves s¹, as shewn at Figs. 85, 86, & 87 links t and wires may
also be used to connect and drive pitch chain wheels. The links are of various
kinds as oblong or square. The two opposite sides t' in length of the links are
hollow, the hollow parts are used to receive the wires, and the ends of the wires
are fitted to the ends-fastening sleeves as previously described.
The wheels which are connected and driven by means of balls and wires have
holes a formed in them as at Figs. 11, 12 & 13 to receive the balls, and a
groove a¹ is made from one hole to the other, or through the holes, to receive the
wire. In some cases the wheels may be without groove or grooves a as for
instance when the connection or wire is composed entirely of buttons or beads
without any space between them (see Fig. 88).
The balls are of various kinds which I term "joining," "distance," "winding
up" and "ends-fastening" balls. The "joining" balls are shewn at Fig. 88 and
are marked u, they have a hole ux (Fig. 90) through centre to receive the wire.
The balls may fit close together as at Fig. 88 or may be placed at distances apart
as at Fig. 89 by putting sleeves u between them which are shaped at their ends to
fit the balls.
"
The distance
"
balls (Fig. 92) have a hole through centre for the reception
of the wire and have at right angles a screwed hole furnished with a screw u³ to be
used to tighten the ball to the wire. The balls can be placed any distance apart.
The " winding up ball is shewn at Figs. 93 & 94, it is divided into two halves
and is hollow. In each half and on both sides thereof a transverse half hole u"
(Fig. 94) is made. These half holes a" are for the purpose of receiving a cylindrical
or other formed pin u* which is provided with a square top or head us at one end
and a rachet wheel u' at the other. The sides of the ball at us u where the rachet
wheel u' and square top or head us respectively fit to the pin are flat to provide
room for the rachet wheel at one side and the square top at the other.
The ends of the wires or wire pass through the two other opposite holes into the
ball and one or both are attached or screwed to the cylindrical pin.
Through the cylindrical or other suitably formed pin a hole can also be made to
allow the wire to pass through the ball and cylindrical pin u* as is seen at
Figs. 93 & 94.
In the two halves screwed holes are made provided with screws u which screw
the two halves together. The cylindrical pin u* may be turned by a key and
when turned in one or other direction shortens or lengthens the connection as
required.
The "ends-fastening" ball is shewn at Figs. 95 & 96, it consists of two parts v v³,
a hole or holes are made in the diameter of one portion. From the hole or
holes a groove or grooves v³ are made to the edge of the ball. The holes and
grooves are used to receive the ends of the wires as clearly seen at Fig. 96.
Screwed holes are made in the two halves provided with screws v¹ for screwing the
ends of the wires and the halves v, v' of the ball together.
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page_text: Some of the wheels, especially big wheels, instead of having their peripheries
grooved ribbed or cogged may be partly or entirely fitted with plates whose surfaces
are grooved ribbed or cogged in a similar manner to the wheel fitting plates before
mentioned. Figs. 18 & 19 illustrate a wheel partly fitted with such plates w.
The ends-fastening sleeves can be used on all the connections in which wires are
employed and the ends-fastening plates can be used on any kind of bands other
than those herein described it being understood that the wheel-fitting plate instead
of being grooved ribbed or cogged is in this case made plain.
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. My improvements in driving bands and the like and in wheels therefor sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described and shewn by the annexed drawings.
2. The improved construction of driving band consisting of a band of leather or
the like provided with any suitable number of plates whose working surfaces are
grooved, ribbed, cogged or otherwise shaped according to the form of the driving
wheels with which they engage, said band being furnished with an adjustable
tightening and slackening device substantially as described and shewn.
3. The improved construction of driving cord consisting of a cable, cord or the
like upon which any suitable number of metallic sleeves are threaded whose surfaces
are grooved, ribbed, cogged or otherwise shaped according to the forms of the
driving wheels with which they engage, said cord being furnished with an adjustable
tightening and slackening device substantially as described and shewn.
4. The improved construction of driving cord consisting of a cable, cord, or the
like upon which any suitable number of metallic balls or beads, interposed with
distance pieces, are threaded, said cord being furnished with an adjustable tightening
and slackening device substantially as described and shewn.
5. The adjustable tightening and slackening device for use with driving belts
bands cords or the like substantially as described and shewn.
6. The means herein described and shewn for securing the ends of driving bands
belts cords and the like.
Dated this 16th day of March 1891
JOSEPH BECKER.