Improved Wheels for all Classes of Vehicles Running on Road or Rails.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct.. 1893
Complete Specification Left, 6th June, 1894-Accepted, 7th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Wheels for all Classes of Vehicles Running on Road
or Rails.
GEORGE TURNER 17 Arlington Street Ashton under Lyne in the County of
Lancaster Wheelwright do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
"
This invention relates to improvements in vehicle wheels and consists of "in
addition to the ordinary wheel now in use an inner circle or chamber in the
centre of the wheel with fast and loose flanges the same to be secured by means
of ordinary bolts and nuts or their equivelant, the said circle or chamber being
substituted in place of the ordinary boss or nave and to receive a second or
internal wheel which can be fixed either fast or loose to the axle or arm of the
vehicle and sufficient space being allowed in the inner circle or chamber so as to
allow of the second or internal wheel to move backward or forward over the centre
of the outer circle so as to place the weight of the vehicle and its contents over
the centre of gravity.
Dated this 4th day of October 1893.
GEORGE TURNER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Wheels for all Classes of Vehicles Running on Road
or Rails.
I GEORGE TURNER of 17 Arlington Street Ashton-under-Lyne in the County
of Lancaster 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 relates to improvements in vehicle wheels for road or rail
purposes and consists of a chamber in the center of the wheel to take the place
of the ordinary boss or nave to receive a second or internal wheel with sufficient
travelling space inside so as to move the weight of the vehicle and its contents
over the center of the outer circle of the wheel. This internal wheel to contain
the bush which can be applied to all patterns of axles and arms now in use and
can run loose on the axles or arms or can be made fast on the axles or arms as
the case may require, the said internal wheel to be secured in the chamber by
fast or loose flanges secured by ordinary bolts and nuts or their equivelant. The
internal wheel thus secured in the chamber or inner circle completes the wheel
which can be made of a combination of wood and iron or steel or other tough
metals. In further describing the advantages of my improved wheel over the
ordinary wheels now in use are
1st. By inserting an internal wheel in the center of the wheel proper I get two
centers in the same and dispense with all friction whatsoever and when a tram car
or a similar vehicle is fitted with my improved wheels and the ordinary break and
in motion the internal wheel travells round in the inner circle or chamber and
when the vehicle is running it is always running forward down hill over the
center of the outer circle of the wheel and when the vehicle is being moved forward
or backward as the case may require it greatly reduces the haulage power
required for any vehicle and when the driver applies the break and pulls the

page_text: vehicle up by this method the vehicle and contents are drawn forward over the
center of the outer circle of the wheel and remains their untill the driver or
attendant releases the break which when released the weight above moves the outer
circle of the wheel and assist the vehicle to start its load by the aid of its own
weight.
2nd. With regard to a two wheeled vehicle fitted with my improved wheels the
advantages are when travelling on a rough or rutty road which knocks the animal
about by banging the shafts against its shoulders is entirely obviated by the
internal wheel moving backward and forward in the chamber or inner circle when
any obstacle comes in contact with the outer circle on the road and lifts the same
over such obstacle. The same advantages are obtained when the vehicle is moved
backwards as the weight is moved over the outer circle as described and
illusterated on the accompanying drawing.
Letter A in the center of Fig. 3 is the inner circle.
Fig. 1 lettered B is the internal wheel which revolves in the inner circle A.
Fig. 2 lettered C is a loose flange or cover to be attached to the center of
Fig. 3 lettered A and B with bolts and nuts to complete the inner circle or
chamber.
Fig. 3 is the wheel complete without the flange or cover and bolts.
Fig. 4 is a section of Fig. 3 showing the inner circle A and internal wheel B
when covered in by the flange or cover C with axle or arm space through its
center.
Having now particularly described the nature of any said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
1st. A chamber or inner circle in the center of the wheel.
2nd. An internal wheel attached to the arm or axle of the vehicle running in
sufficient space in the chamber so as to allow of its carrying the weight forward
or backward over its center.
3rd. A loose flange or cover to be secured by bolts and nuts to cover the internal
wheel and form part of the chamber.
Dated this 5th day of June 1894.
GEORGE TURNER.