Improvements in or relating to Wheels for Vehicles.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Wheels for Vehicles.
I, JOHN BOYD LOTT of 10 Main Street, Kittanning in the County of Armstrong
and State of Pennsylvania United States of America, 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 wheels for vehicles and more particularly to a roller
bearing for the same and it has for its object, among others, to provide an improved
vehicle wheel wherein a simple and efficient roller bearing is so arranged and con--
structed that the rollers cannot drop out when the axle is removed. It has for a
further object to provide a two part hub which shall be strong and efficient and also
to furnish a simple and cheap sleeve or box easily put together or separated for the
purpose of removing or inserting the balls employed in the roller hearing.
The novelty resides in the peculiar combinations, and the construction arrangement
and adaptation of parts all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings
and then particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing which with the
letters of reference marked thereon forms a part of this Specification and in which
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a hub and skein showing also a portion
of one of the spokes in place.
Figure 2 is a cross section on the line X X of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a sectional detail showing one of the forms of attaching the tire to the
spoke.
Figure 4 is a section through the plug and
Figure 5 is a sectional detail showing another manner of attaching the tire felly
and spoke together.
Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.
Referring to the details of the drawing the letter A designates the hub which is
formed of two parts adapted to be united at their adjacent ends at the centre of the
bub as indicated in Figure 1. At one end, that is, the outer end, one of these halves
or portions is formed with an annular shoulder or flange A¹ opposite which the
annular elastic ring B is designed to work as illustrated in Figure 1. The outer
end of the other half or portion is provided with a similar flange or shoulder B¹
for a like purpose.
The adjacent ends of these two halves are constructed as follows:-One half is
formed with a portion C of a spoke socket with a rib C', between each socket
portion, and the other half is formed or provided with the complement C³ the outer
end of which is adapted when the two halves are brought together to fit beneath
the rib portion of the other socket portion as clearly shown in Figure 1 and the
underside thereof. This makes a neat finish. When the spokes are inserted in their
sockets bolts a are passed through the adjacent portions of the spoke sockets and
through the spokes as illustrated in Figure 1 and the parts drawn tightly together.
The outer ends of the spokes are secured to the felly and to the tire in various way's
and 1 deem it as within the scope of the present invention to secure these parts in any
of the ways known to the trade and have shown in the drawing some of the ways
which I at the present time consider the most desirable. The spokes may be hollow
or any other preferred form of construction and may be set staggering or otherwise.
In Figure 1, the lower side thereof I have shown one form or manner of securing the
spoke, tire and felly together; in this view the tire D is provided upon its inner face
with two parallel grooves or recesses d to receive the outer end of the felly E which
is substantially U-shaped in cross section as shown, and within this felly is placed a
plug F having a passageway d¹ for the outer end of the spoke the said end passing

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through the opening in the plug and bearing directly upon the inner face of the tire
bolts or rivets e being employed to secure the parts. together, the said bolts or rivets
passing through suitable holes provided in the plug. This plug is preferably bored
longitudinally as shown at D' in Figure 4 for the purpose of lessening the weight
thereof and in some instances may be split as shown at D2 to permit of its being
drawn together when the parts are drawn up by the rivets or bolts thus acting as a
tightening device.
In Figure 3 I have shown substantially the same arrangement and construction of
parts except that the end of the spoke instead of bearing against the inner face of the
tire bears against the solid end of the plug as clearly illustrated in said Figure 3.
In Figure. 5.I have shown the plug between the spoke and felly and a plug E
within the outer end of the spoke and the tire instead of being provided with the
parallel grooves is a simple flat tire bearing against the outer end of the inner and
outer plugs and against the end of the spoke and felly. Transverse bolts or rivets
serve to secure the parts together.
The box or sleeve is composed of two sections each formed in two parts. The parts
composing one section are provided at their outer ends with an internally threa led
socket as shown at F to receive the externally threaded projecting portion on the
other portion, as shown in Figure 1. The two portions are designed when joined
together as shown in Figure 1 to form the complete box or sleeve with a central
opening to receive the axle skein in the usual manner. The inner face of each half of
the two sections is formed with an annular groove fto receive the balls or rollers (),
the number of which may be varied under varying circumstances. In the drawings I
have shown twelve in each circle around the spindle but more or less may be employed
as deemed best. These balls or rollers are prevented from accidental displacement in
case of removal of the axle by means of rings or retainers H, one employed between
each ring of balls and these rings have their inner faces rounded to correspond to the
curvature of the balls employed and are of such a thickness as to prevent the balls
from dropping out but yet not thick enough to prevent the acting portions of the
balls from projecting beyond them so that the said acting faces of the balls shall be in
contact with the spindle as shown in Figure 1. These rings or retainers may be
held in place by any suitable means as for instance by nails screws
fastenings h.
or other
The two portions of each section of sleeve are held together detachably by means of
screws or other suitable means i passed through suitable holes therein as shown in
Figures 1 and 2.
In assembling the parts of the sleeve the two sections composing the inner half are
first placed together and secured and sleeved on the spindle the balls first having been
secured in each half the retainers being made in semi-circular shape for this purpose;
a band I is then shrunk on the two halves as shown in Figure 1 a depression j being
provided for the reception of the said band so that when the band is in place it will be
flush with the outer periphery of the sleeve. The portions constituting the outer
half of the sleeve are then provided with their balls and then secured together by
means of their screws or other securing means and sleeved on the spindle the
inner threaded end screwed into the screw threaded socket in the outer end of the
inner portion as shown in Figure 1 and the nut screwed on the outer end of
the spindle.
A roller bearing thus constructed is simple and the
lost when the spindle is removed.
I may provide an elastic ring or rings between the
necessary; in the drawings I have shown two, one at
end marked K.
balls cannot be displaced and
sleeve and hub where deemed
the inner and one at the outer
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. A hub formed of two portions each constructed with a portion of the spoke

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beneath the rib beneath which the socket portions on the other section fit and are
hidden substantially as specified.
2. In a vehicle hub or wheel, a sleeve formed in halves and each half in sections
and each section provided with rollers held therein against displacement when the
spindle is removed the two sections being held together by means at right angles to
the shaft, substantially as specified.
3. A sleeve formed upon its inner face with a groove for the reception of rollers,
rollers in said groove and a retainer concentric with the groove for holding the rollers
in place substantially as specified.
4. A sleeve formed upon its inner face with a plurality of grooves rollers in
said grooves and a curved retainer within the sleeve and concentric there with to
retain the rollers therein with the acting faces of the rollers projecting beyond the
retainer as set forth.
5. A sleeve formed in sections, the outer end of one section being provided with an
internally threaded socket and the inner end of the other section formed with an
externally threaded portion to engage the same and a band encircling the sleeve
around the socket, substantially as specified.
6. A sleeve formed in sections provided with a screw threaded engagement and
the inner faces of each section provided with rollers seated in grooves therein and
retainers concentric with the sleeve between each row of rollers for holding the
rollers in place with the acting faces of the rollers projecting beyond the retainers
substantially as specified.
7. The sleeve formed in sections formed upon their inner faces with annular
grooves, rollers in said grooves, retainers between each row of rollers for holding the
rollers in place, and securing means passed through holes in the two sections for
holding the same together, substantially as specified.
8. In a vehicle wheel, a plug perforated longitudinally by a bore D¹ for lightness
vertically for the reception of the spoke and transversely for the cross bolts, sub-
stantially as specified.
9. In a vehicle wheel, a plug perforated longitudinally by bore D' for lightness
vertically for the reception of a spoke, transversely for the reception of securing
means, and split at its outer end, whereby it also serves as a tightening device sub-
stantially as specified.
Dated this Fifteenth day of September 1890
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.