Improvement in or pertaining to the Disposition of Motors in Cycles or any other Vehicle or Machine where.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 27th Aug., 1900-Accepted, 29th Sept., 1900
TADIONAL DIECIFICATION.
Improvement in or pertaining to the Disposition of Motors in Cycles
or any other Vehicle or Machine where it is more Convenient for
the Motor to be placed within the Driving Wheel of the said
Vehicle or Machine than without.
I, JOHN WELLER, of Wickford, Idmiston Road, West Norwood, in the County
of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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In this invention the motor is situated at the centre of the driving wheel or
wheels of the vehicle or machine between a double set of spokes of suspension
type or otherwise, the said spokes radiating from two distinct and separate bear-
ings situated one on either side of the said motor to the common rim or periphery
of the before-mentioned driving wheel or wheels.
Dated this 27th day of November 1899
Improvements in or pertaining to the Disposition of Motors in Cycles
or any other Vehicle or Machine where it is more Convenient for
the Motor to be placed within the Driving Wheel of the said
Vehicle or Machine than without.
1, JOHN WELLER, of Thomas' Place, Norwood Road, London, S.E., late of
Wickford, Idmiston Road, West Norwood, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
This invention relates to improvements in means for carrying the motors of
motor-driven vehicles and machines and has for its object to so locate the motors
of motor-driven cycles and other vehicles and machinery as to obtain a great
economy in space and improvement in appearance and at the same time render
the employment of driving-belts and sprocket chains unnecessary.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the course of
the following description.
To this end the invention consists of the arrangement construction and dis-
tribution of the several parts all as will be fully described in the specification,
exemplied by the drawings and set forth in the claims.
In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the rear portion of a
motor-cycle with my invention applied thereto.

page_text: Fig. 2 being a plan view, partly in section, thereof, while
Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the gearing we employ in carrying my
invention into effect.
Similar letters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the
several views.
The letter a represents the driving wheel of a motor-cycle, such wheel being
rotatably mounted on ball-bearings on one of the sleeves b.
One of the hubs c of the wheel a is of larger diameter than usual and of hollow
construction, that is to say, the periphery is outwardly flanged as at c¹.
The sleeves have their outer ends rigidly held in the bottom brackets d'
of the frame d of the vehicle while, their inner, ends are connected to, and sup-
port, the electric or other motor g.
Held to revolve in the said sleeves b is a shaft e driven by the motor
being mounted in suitable bearings in the motor casing.
such shaft
f represents a spindle mounted in bearings, in the inner side of the bracket di,
such spindle having rigidly mounted thereon a toothed gear wheel f¹ while
similarly mounted on the free or inner end of said spindle is a pinion f.
A slot b is provided in the sleeve b, through which the toothed wheel fi
aforesaid gears with a pinion' e¹ rigidly mounted on the shaft e, the rotary
motion thereby being communicated from the motor-driven shaft e, through the
medium of the gearing el f¹, to the spindle f which in turn communicates such
motion to the driving wheel a of the vehicle in the following manner.
The flange of the hub e is provided with teeth upon its inner periphery,
with which gears the spur-wheel 2 carried by the spindle f, so that when the
latter is rotated in the inanner before described, the spur-wheel 2 in gear with
the toothed inner periphery of the hub e causes the driving-wheel to be revolved,
as will be readily understood.
The spokes h of the wheel radiate from the hubs c on each side of the motor g
and enclose same.
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
(1) In means for carrying the motors of motor-driven vehicles and machines,
the combination of the sleeves one of which has a slot therein, said sleeves being
supported by the bottom brackets and supporting in turn the motor within the
driving-wheel, with the driving-shaft held to rotate within said motor casing
and the sleeves said driving-shaft carrying a pinion near one of its ends, sub-
stantially as specified.
(2) In means for carrying the motors of motor-driven vehicles and machinery,
the combination with sleeves in one of which is a slot, said sleeves being sup-
ported by the frame of the machine, and supporting in turn the motor within
the driving-wheel, and the driving-spindle having a pinion on one of its ends
and held to rotate within the motor and the said sleeves and to be rotated by
said motor, of the hubs, one of which is outwardly flanged and toothed upon
the inner periphery of said flange and the toothed wheel carried by a spindle
mounted in bearings in the frame, said toothed wheel gearing with the pinion
on the said driving-shaft, and the pinion carried by said spindle and gearing
with the toothed inner periphery of the hub, substantially as specified.
1000
HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.