Improvements in the Means for Securing Spokes to Rims of Velocipede or Carriage Wheels.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 13th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 15th Nov., 1887
Improvements in the Means for Securing Spokes to Rims of
Velocipede or Carriage Wheels.
I, WILLIAM Bown, of 308, Summer Lane, Birmingham, in the county of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My improvements relate exclusively to the connecting and securing of spokes to
what are generally termed hollow rims of velocipedes or carriages.
In carrying out my invention I drill and tap as many holes in the inside circle of
the rim as there are to be spokes in the wheel to be made up, and into these tapped
holes I screw tubular bushes cupped out at the screwed end to a shoulder for the head
of the spoke or loose nipple (which has been previously passed through it) to rest upon,
so that the spoke (whether direct or laced) may be tightened to any extent, or in case
of breakage can be readily removed.
The ends of the tubular bushes projecting into the rim have two or more slits in
them, so that when the strain or tension is put on the heads of the spokes or loose
nipples the heads or projections press the ends of the tubular bushes outwards thereby
effectually preventing the withdrawal of the bushes from the rim by stripping of the
threads.
By my invention I am enabled to securely connect spokes (whether direct or laced)
to the rims of wheels of velocipedes or carriages, preventing the possibility of the
bushes being withdrawn from the rim and avoiding the necessity of drilling holes in
the top sides of the rims (which very much weakens them) and also permitting the
ready removal and replacement of broken spokes without having to detach the rubber
from the rim.
Dated this 13th day of December 1886.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in the Means for Securing Spokes to Rims of
Velocipede or Carriage Wheels.
I, WILLIAM BOWN, of 308, Summer Lane, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, 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 :-
My improvements relate exclusively to connecting and securing spokes to what are
generally termed hollow rims of velocipede or carriage wheels.
In carrying out my invention I drill and tap as many holes in the inner circum-
ference of the rim as there are to be spokes in the wheel to be made up, and into these
tapped holes I screw tubular bushes bevilled or cupped out at the screwed end to
receive the head of the spoke (which has been previously passed through it) or the loose
nipple as the case may be, to rest upon, so that the spoke (whether direct or laced)
may be tightened to any extent, or in case of breakage can be readily removed.
The ends of the tubular bushes projecting within the rim are provided with two or
more slits so that when strain or tension is placed on the heads of the spokes or
loose nipples the latter press the ends of the tubular bushes outwards thereby
effectually preventing the accidental withdrawal of the bushes from the rim by stripping
of the threads.
By my
invention I am enabled to securely connect spokes (whether direct or laced)
to the rims of wheels of velocipedes or carriages, preventing the possibility of the
bushes being accidentally withdrawn from the rim and avoiding the necessity of
drilling holes in the top sides of the rims (which very much weakens them) and also
allowing of the ready removal of broken spokes and the substitution of new ones
without having to detach the rubber tyre from the rim.
In the accompanying drawing figure 1 is a cross section of the rim of a velocipede
or carriage wheel showing a spoke secured thereto according to my invention; figure 2
is a plan, figure 3 an elevation and figure 4 a section of my tubular bush. Similar
letters in all the figures represent similar parts.
a represents one of the screw-threaded tubular bushes which I screw into corre-
spondingly tapped holes previously formed in the rim b, the number of such holes
corresponding with the number of spokes with which the wheel is to be provided;
c indicates the bevilled or cupped out part of the tubular bush adapted to receive the
head d (or the loose nipple if such be used) of the spoke e which has been previously
passed through the bush as illustrated in figure 1.
ff represent the slits with which I provide the end of the tubular bush a which

page_text: projects within the rim 6 for the purpose of allowing the spokes a certain amount of
radial play when strain or tension is placed on them as the heads d of the spokes e will
then press the inner ends of the tubular bushes a outwards and consequently yield
somewhat to the said strain or tension.
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 :-
The means of securing spokes to rims of velocipede or carriage wheels
substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
Dated the 13th day of October 1887.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.