Year: 1896

page_text: We, LA SOCIÉTÉ H. LECONTE ET COMPAGNIE of 63, Rue des Fetes, Paris, France,
Toy Manufacturers; do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
The Invention which forms the subject of the present application for Letters
Patent relates to a new industrial product consisting of a wheel stamped out in
one piece with its hub. The wheel is chiefly applicable to toys although it may
be applied to other articles such as small mechanisin, cheap clockwork, dc.
In order that the Invention may be understood it is illustrated by way of
example in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 represents a face
view of a wheel as stamped out in one piece with its hub. Figure 2 is a modi-
fication. Figure 3 is a cross section on line 1-2 Figure 2. Figure 4 shews the
same wheel with the parts to form the hub being folded over at opposite sides.
Figure 5 is a cross section of the same on line 3-4. Figure 6 is a cross section
shewing the parts which form the hub folded down on the same face of tho
wheel. Figure 7 shews a face view of another modification of a wheel stamped
out in a single piece with its hub. Figure 8 is a face view of the same wheel
having the parts to form the hub bent down on the same side. Figure 9 is a
plan and Figure 10 an edge view of the same. The same letters of reference
denote like parts in all the Figures.
As shewn in the drawing the wheel b is stamped out with one or more cars c
between the spokes a. The ears c formed in one with the wheel have cach a
hole in it and form the hub when folded down on each side of the wheel, as in
Figures 3 and 4, or in ono side only, as in Figure 5. The hub may be strengthened
by means of lugs ee which like the ears c are stamped out and turned down,
as shewn in Figures 8 and 9. The holes d and f formed in the wheel at the timo
of stamping are brought opposite each other when the cars are folded so as to
receive the spindle g of the wheel. The number of ears c constituting the hub
of the wheel may be varied, and the ear or ears may be turned down upon one
or other or upon both faces of the wheel.
The form, dimensions, and materials employed in the construction of the com-

page_text: bined wheel and hub may be varied without in any way departing from the
principle of the Invention.
Dated this 21st day of November 1896
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
A New Manufacture of Stamped Wheel for Toys and the like.
We, LA SOCIÉTÉ H. LECONTE ET COMPAGNIE of 63, Rue des Fetes, Paris, France,
Toy Manufacturers; 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 statoment:--
The Invention which forms the subject of the present application for Letters
Patent rolates to a new industrial product consisting of a wheel stamped out in
one piece with its hub. The wheel is chiefly applicable to toys although it may
be applied to other articles such as small mechanism, cheap clockwork, furniture
castors etc.
In order that the Invention may be understood it is illustrated by way of
example in the drawings accompanying our Provisional Specification in which
Figure 1 represents a face view of a wheel as stamped out in one piece with its
hub. Figure 2 is a modification. Figure 3 is a cruss section on line 12
Figure 2. Figure 4 shows the same wheel with the paris to form the hub folded
over at opposite sides. Figure 5 is a cross section of the same on line 3-4
Figure 4. Figure 6 is a cross section showing the parts which form the hub
folded down on the same face of the wheel. Figure 7 shows a face view of another
modification of a wheel stamped out in a single piece with its hub. Figure 8
is a face view of the same wheel having the parts to form the hub bent down on
the same side. Figure 9 is a plan and Figure 10 an edge view of the same. The
samo letters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.
As shown in the drawing the wheel b is stamped out with one or more ears o
between the spokes a. The cars c made in one with the wheel have each a
hole d and form the hub when folded down on each side of the wheel, as in
Figures 4 and 5, or on one side only, as in Figures 6. The hub may be strengthened
by means of lugs ee Figure 7 which like the ears c are stamped out with the
wheel and turned down, as shown in Figures 89 and 10. The holes d and f
formed in the wheel at the time of stamping are brought opposite each other when
the ears are folded so as to receive the spindle g of the wheel. The number of
ears c constituting the hub of the wheel inay be varied, and the ear or ears may
be turned down upon one or other or upon both faces of the wheel.
The form, dimensions, and materials employed in the construction of the com-
bined wheel and the hub may be varied without in any way departing from the
principle of the Invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
As a new article of manufacture, a wheel of sheet metal for toys, clockwork,

page_text: and the like, having its hub formed of parts stamped out in one with the wheel
and folded to form the hub substantially as described.
Dated this the twenty first doy of August 1807
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.