Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Wheels for Velocipedes and other Vehicles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left. 23rd July, 1894-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Wheels for
Velocipedes and other Vehicles.
I ROGER TATHAM of Drake Street, Rochdale, in the County of Lancashire,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
According to this invention I dispense with the ordinary spokes and substitute
therefor a band or bands of steel (suitably joined together) or other springy metal
or material bent backwards and forwards from hub to rim of wheels so as to form
a number of springs somewhat similar to "C" springs, suitably connected to the
hub and rim. I may extend the said band or bands so as to form the rim also.
I may make the rim of wood or other suitable material instead of metal in
combination with the aforesaid band or bands forming the springs.
Instead of the aforesaid band or bands I may have steel wire or the like or such
springs may be of any other suitable form in section.
may pass the band or bands through slots cut in the rim so that the tyre comes
directly against the aforesaid springs.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1893.
BROWNE & Co.,
9, Warwick Court, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
COME JELE
Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Wheels for
Velocipedes and other Vehicles.
I, ROGER TATHAM of Drake Street, Rochdale in the County of Lancashire,
Mechanical Engineer, 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 :-
According to this invention I dispense with the ordinary spokes and substitute
therefor a band or bands of steel (suitably joined together) or other springy metal
or material bent backwards and forwards from hub to rim of wheels so as to form
a number of springs somewhat similar to "C" springs, suitably connected to the
hub and rim. I may extend the said band or bands so as to form the rim also. I
may make the rim of wood or other suitable material instead of metal in combination
with the aforesaid band or bands forming the springs.
Instead of the aforesaid band or bands I may have steel wire or the like or such
springs may be of any suitable form in section.
I may pass the band or bands through slots cut in the rim so that the tyre comes
directly against the aforesaid springs.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I will refer to the
accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1. shews elevation, and Fig. 2. section
through line A B Fig. 1, of a wheel constructed according to my invention.
The same letters denote the same parts in each view.
a shews rim of wheel; 6 boss or hub of same; c flat strip of metal (preferably
steel) bent as shewn, so as to form the spokes. This strip is fastened direct on to
the hub b, by means of the screws d, d, and to the rim a by means of the screws e, e..
D .

page_text: ffare channels or grooves formed on the periphery of the hub of wheel, in which
the flat metal strip or strips are fastened.
Although I have described and shewn one strip of metal as forming the spokes,
these may be formed by a number of strips each strip being fastened to the hub b
and rim a. Wheels constructed as above will be more springy than those as at
present constructed with tension spokes, and such wheels may be fitted with
pneumatic or other tyres.
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. In wheels for velocipedes and other vehicles the spring spokes formed by
one or more strips of steel or other springy metal, such strip or strips being attached
direct on to the hub and rim of wheel, substantially as described and shewn on the
accompanying sheet of drawings.
2. Improvements in or relating to wheels of velocipedes and other vehicles 1
substantially as described and shewn on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of July 1894.
BROWNE & Co.,
9, Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, W.C., Agents for Applicant.