Improvements in Means for Securing Wheels to the Axles of Road Vehicles.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1889-Accepted, 10th Aug., 1889
ROYDIVAAL DE LOIRICATION.
Improvements in Means for Securing Wheels to the Axles of
Road Vehicles.
I, JOSEPH WILD, of 220 Thornham Road, Crompton, Shaw, in the County of
Lancashire "Colliery Manager" do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention consists of a metal bush or cap fixed in the hub of a wheel, with a
collar on the inner side revolving in flanged or channel bearings attached to the
axle tree, to enable wheeled vehicles to do away with the ordinary mode of attaching
wheels to vehicles.
The metal bush is constructed with a collar on the inner side, and is in the form
of a cap with no outlet at the other end, and is driven into the hub of the wheel and
fixed by a washer and nut.
On the axle-tree I fix by bolts or forged in the axle-tree a plate to fix one half of
the metal bearings with a semi-circular sunk groove, to receive the bottom half of
the collar on the metal bush, situated on the inner side of the hub of the wheel, I
then push the wheel on the axle, and lay or drop on the upper part of the flanged
bearings and bolt the same to the plate and the other half of the bearings on the
axle-trec, thus holding the collar of the bush in a circular groove in the bearings, and
thereby securing the hub of the wheel to the vehicle.
On the top of the upper bearing or cap is a hole for lubricating, the oil
running into the bottom circular groove or channel, so that when the collar revolves,
it lubricates itself out of the oil laying in the bottom semi-circular groove.
On the top of the axle I provide a small V shape groove to permit the oil to lubricate
the inner side of the bush when the vehicle is in motion.
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J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Securing Wheels to the Axles of
Road Vehicles.
1, JOSEPH WILD, of 220 Thornham Road, Crompton, Shaw, in the County of
Lancashire, "Colliery Manager," 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 invention consists of a metal bush or cap fixed in the hub of a wheel, with a
collar on the inner side revolving in flanged or channel bearings attached to the
axle tree, to enable vehicles to do away with the ordinary mode of attaching wheels
to vehicles.
And in order that my Invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon."
Figure 1, represents the inside of one of the bearings D and the plate A forged on
the axle F and B, with the bush E in section.
Figure 2 denotes the top of the apparatus with the top bearing D¹, and bottom
bearing D, and plate A bolted together.
Figure 3 is a section on line a, b of figure 1.
The metal bush E is constructed with a collar H on the inner side, and is in the
form of a cap with no outlet at the other end, and is driven into the hub of the
wheel and fixed by a washer and nut.

page_text: On the axle-tree at B I fix by bolts, or forged in the axle-tree a plate A, to fix
one half of the metal bearings D with a semicircular sunk groove I, to receive the
bottom half of the collar H on the metal bush E, situated on the inner side of the
hub of the wheel; I then push the wheel on the axle F, and lay or drop on
the upper part of the flanged bearings D¹ and bolt the same to the plate A, and the
other half of the bearings D on the axle-tree, with bolts C₁ and nuts G through the
holes C, thus holding the collar of the bush in a circular groove I in the bearings,
and thereby securing the hub of the wheel to the vehicle.
On the top of the upper bearing or cap D¹ is a hole D2, for lubricating, the oil
running into the bottom circular groove or channel I, so that when the collar
revolves, it lubricates itself and the axle F from the oil laying in the bottom semi-
circular groove I.
On the top of the axle F I provide a small V shape groove F' to permit the oil
to lubricate the inner side of the bush or box E when the vehicle is in motion.
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 :-
First The combination of a metal bush, box, or cap, fixed in the hub of a wheel,
with a collar H on the inner side revolving in flanged or channel bearings D and D¹,
attached to the axle-tree by the plate A, to enable wheeled vehicles to do away with
the ordinary mode of attaching wheels to vehicles, substantially as herein described
and according to the accompanying drawings.
Secondly The combination of the plate A bolted or forged in or on the axle B
to receive the bearings, and the bolts C and nuts G for bolting the whole of the
apparatus together as in figure 3, substantially as herein described and according to
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of July 1889
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.