Year: 1898

page_text: I, ISAAC HENDERSON, Merchant, Powell Street, Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in that class of wheels having the spokes
oppositely dished from the felloe to the hub, their inner ends resting on longitudin-
ally movable sleeves on the hub, and nuts threaded on the ends of said hub, so that
the said inner ends of the spokes may be drawn towards each other and the dishes
reduced, whereby the hub, the spokes, the felloe and the tire will be bound together
as an integral part; and such improvements now particularly refer to a wheel
especially adapted to wheelbarrows and carriages of a cheap and light construction.
My invention also anticipates a means for conveniently tightening the spokes with-
out detaching any of the component parts from the wheel.
It also provides a simple means of repairing the wheel with a minimum of trouble
and expense.
The wheel consists of a felloe of the ordinary pattern having a tire (when the
felloe is not forined by an iron rim) a hub of tubing with its opposite ends threaded,
sleeves having flattened surfaces, for the ends of the spokes to rest against, to slide
on the hub, spokes of a uniform length to lie between the inner periphery of the
felloe and the inner end of each alternate spoke resting against the flattened portions
on the sleeves on the hub, and nuts made to thread and inove on the threaded ends
of the hub for binding the whole tightly together.
Dated this gond dow of Jul.. 1000
I, ISAAC HENDERSON, Powel Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Merchant,
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 that class of wheels having the spokes
divergingly arranged from the felloe to the axle and having adjustable devices
movable longitudinally upon the axle, whereby the spokes may be drawn together
and moved into a tightened condition relatively to the axle and the felloe, and such
improvements more particularly refer to a wheel especially adapted to wheel-barrows
and carriages of a cheap and light construction.

page_text: Primarily this invention has for its object to provide a wheel of this character of a
very simple and inexpensive construction and having the adjusting means so arranged
that the spokes may be conveniently and quickly tightened without detaching any of
the component parts forming the wheel.
This invention also comprehends a simple construction of parts including means for
providing firm and rigid bearings for the spokes at their point of connection with
the hub and the felloe, whereby a very slight adjustment on the tightening parts
will effect a very tight binding or clamping action.
Although my improved construction of parts is essentially adapted to wheels of
the character above mentioned, it is my opinion the same can be advantageously and
economically used for carriages or wagons of a more expensive pattern than that
stated.
I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing,-in
which
Fig. 1 is a face view of a portion of a wheel constructed in accordance with my
invention.
Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a detail cross-section taken on the line 3 of Fig. 1, and illustrating the
manner of connecting the spokes of the felloe.
Fig. 4 is a detail cross-section taken practically on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and
Fig. 5 illustrates a modified form of my improvements, illustrating how the same
may be applied to a high grade of wheels.
Similar letters and numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
In the said drawing, 10 indicates the tubular hub, having threads 10ª, at each end
thereof. Upon this hub at each end, is loosely fitted a sleeve 11, which sleeves are
slipped over the hub and have regular flattened or otherwise designed seats to receive
the inner end of the spokes 14.
In the drawing I have shown the sleeves as having four flattened sides, as the wheel
consists of eight spokes-four engaging the hub at each end. It is obvious that the
spokes may be increased according to the size of the wheel, the sleeves in all cases
having the flattened or otherwise designed seats for the spokes, in number correspond-
ing to the number of the spokes in the wheel.
To provide for a cheap and convenient means for connecting the spokes to the
felloe and to avoid the necessity of making the sockets in the felloe, sheet-metal
clamps cr shoes 18, are provided. These shoes each consist of a socket having a rear
or abutting wall 18 on the side flanges 18h, and in practice the several sockets are
alternately arranged upon the felloe, that is, the abutment walls 18ª, of the alternate
sockets in alternate directions, the purpose of which will presently appear, said
sockets being secured to the felloe by nails or screws as indicated by 19 in dotted
lines, Fig. 3.
By reference to Fig. 2, it will be observed that the inner ends of the spokes are cut
on an obtuse angle, whereby to form a flat bearing face to engage the square faces of
the sleeve 11, while their outer ends are cut at an acute angle, but as shown in the
illustration having a similar or flat bearing face against the base of the sockets or
shoes 18.
Lying in close proximity to the outer sides of the sleeves 11, are washers 12,
which preferably have their edges turned inwardly to lie flat against the outer faces
of the spokes, said washers when thus arranged, forming a more secure lock bearing
for holding the inner ends of the spokes in tight engagement with the sleeves 11.
While I prefer to make the washer with inwardly extending edges, it is obvious
that such edges may be dispensed with and the ends of the spokes widened or
suitably formed to also engage the sides of straight washers.
Upon the threaded ends of the hub are nuts 13, which, when tightened, serve to
force the washers 12 and the sleeves 11 inward, and consequently, draw the inner
ends of the spokes together and thereby force the felloe outward and make the
tight connection of the tire, felloe, spokes and hub, binding it as it were in such a
manner as to make practically an integral connection of the several parts.

page_text: In the application of my improvement to a higher grade of vehicle-wheels, I prefer
to arrange the several parts in the manner illustrated in Fig. 5, by reference to which
it will be observed that the hub 10, is preferably made with a tapering aperture to
receive the ordinary axle spindle A, and the hub is held in place by a nut 17
which jams against the shoulder on the outer end of said axle and overlaps the end
of the hub, and thus keeps it from coming off.
The spokes 14 are tightened in the same manner as before mentioned, but the
sleeves 11, in this case, and the washers 12, are preferably made in one piece, and
the nuts 13, have extended threaded sleeves which pass through the sleeves 11,
and engage the external threads on the hub 10, the nut 13ª on the outer end of the
hub 10 being in a nature of a closed cap, as illustrated at 17, to prevent dust
getting in the journal of the axle, and also to hold the lubricant from escaping. It
will thus be seen that the hub is held in position by the shouldered nut 13ª, lying
against the enlarged portion of the neck of the axle and by the nut 17, within the
closed cap, which is jammed on the extreme end of the axle and held to bear against
the outer end of the hub.
From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing
it is thought the advantages of my improvement will readily appear. It will be
observed that as the sockets or shoes 18, are alternately disposed upon the inner face
of the felloe, their abutment edges forming solid bearings which serve to keep the
outer ends of the spokes in a tight contact with the felloe, it being also clear that,
owing to the angularity of the inner and outer ends of the spokes, any adjustment
effecting an inward pressure on the inner ends of the spokes will only tend to cause
the said angle ends of the spokes to bind more positively against the shoes at their
outer ends, and the slidable sleeves or bearing members at the inner ends.
This construction and arrangement of parts is of an extremely simple nature, and
in the event of repairs being required, a new spoke or any other part, may be quickly
inserted with but little trouble or delay.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1 In a vehicle wheel of the character described, in combination; a tubular hub
having external threads at the ends; sleeves having flattened annular bearing faces,
slidable upon the ends of the hubs; sockets on the felloe; the spokes having their
ends made to bear against the felloe sockets and the flattened bearing portions of
the slidable sleeve, and adjusting devices secured upon the outer ends of the hub for
forcing the sleeves and the inner ends of the spokes inward, substantially as shown
and for the purposes described.
2 In a vehicle wheel of the character described; in combination; a tubular hub
having its outer ends externally threaded; the felloe; the shoes secured to the felloe
having abutment members, said shoes being alternately arranged upon the felloe ;
sleeves slidable upon the hub having suitable bearing faces; the spokes having their
ends formed to engage the shoes on the felloe and the slidable sleeves on the hub;
and means for drawing the sleeves inward and holding them to their adjusted
position upon the hub, substantially as shown and for the purposes described.
3-In a wheel of the character described; in combination with the axle spindle on
the tubular hub fitted thereon, said hub having external threads on its opposite ends;
of the shoulder nut 13 engaging the hub; the sleeves 11 having suitable bearing
surfaces for the ends of the spokes; the spokes, and the felloe having spoke receiving
sockets all being arranged substantially as shown and for the purposes described.
4-A vehicle wheel having a hollow hub provided with external threads on its
outer ends; sleeves 11 loosely fitted thereon, in combination of a wheel rim and
the spokes 14, interposed between the sleeves and the rim, said spokes being internally
deflected oppositely from the plane of the wheel rim; the washers 12, lying against
the outer sides of the spokes and the sleeves; the nuts 13 engaging the threaded

page_text: ends of the hub, all being arranged substantially as shown and for the purposes
described.
5 A wheel of the class described, having a tubular hub and the sleeves 12 slidable
upon the hub; in combination with the felloe and the tyre; shoes 18 secured to the
felloe to receive the ends of the spokes, said shoes having each a clamp or abutment
wall, and means for drawing the concentrically disposed ends of the said spokes
together, as set forth.
Thind ihin 1911
1000