Improved Means of Attaching, Joining, and Securing the Rims, Tyres, or Felloes to the Spokes of Rubber and Metallic Wheels.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 15th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 6th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Attaching, Joining, and Securing the Rims,
Tyres, or Felloes to the Spokes of Rubber and Metallic Wheels.
I WILLIAM HENRY DUNKLEY 303 Wetton Road Aston Birmingham Cycle
& Carriage Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Constructing the metal rims with shaped spoke holes corresponding with
similar shaped holes in the inner sides of the rubber tyres which latter are tubular
and threaded upon the metal rim being joined afterwards; the spokes being hooked
into their respective holes from their inner sides.
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1000
W. H. DUNKLEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Attaching, Joining, and Securing the Rims,
Tyres, or Felloes to the Spokes of Rubber and Metallic Wheels.
I, WILLIAM HENRY DUNKLEY, 303 Wetton Road, Aston, Birmingham, Cycle
and Carriage Manufacturer, 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 refers to attaching joining and securing the rims, tyres, or felloes
of wheels to the spokes thereof, and consists in forming the rims with holes
of or keyhole shape, the spokes being formed with heads of shapes suitable to
take into the apertures in the rims. The rubber tyres are formed of tubular
section, and are, according to my invention, threaded upon the rims, the latter
being afterwards joined, and the ends of the rubber tyre brought together.
My invention will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which similar letters refer to like parts in all the figures.
Fig. 1 is a vertical transverse section shewing the rubber tyre, rim, and a spoke
in position; Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of same, and Fig. 3 a plan of Fig. 2,
looking on the inner side of the wheel, the spoke therein shewn having been
removed, the holes formed according to my invention being shewn in two positions.
A is the rim of a wheel, B (Fig. 3) shews slots formed therein, there being one
such slot for each spoke; the slots may be in whichever position is found most
suitable. C is one of the spokes, the head C¹ of the latter being inserted sideways
at the larger end of the slot B, then lifted into position at right angles to the curve
of the rim, and slidden to the smaller end, when it becomes securely fixed, and
cannot be removed from the slot unless brought into the same position in which it
was first inserted. D is the elastic tyre shewn threaded upon the rim A, the latter
having been afterwards joined, for example at A', by a butt-joint cover or in any
other suitable manner, or the rubber may be formed upon the complete rim in the
manner shewn, when the rubber is in a plastic state, all as found most convenient,
and the spoke holes may be moulded in the rubber to correspond with those in the
rim. Apertures are thus formed in the interior surface of the elastic tyre D to
allow the spokes C to be passed into the slotted holes B.
By my invention the spokes are secured to the rims of wheels in a simple, cheap,
and effective manner, and the tyres are held securely thereto and without complex
holding contrivances.

page_text: 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 with elastic tyres, forming the rims with or keyhole shaped slots
and the spokes with heads to take into such slots, in combination with a tubular
elastic tyre, threaded or formed upon such rim, the elastic tyre being provided with
apertures to allow of the passage of the spokes to the said slotted holes in the rim,
all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The general arrangement and construction of wheels substantially as described
and illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 15th day of March 1893.
W. H. DUNKLEY.