Improvements in Bearings for the Wheels of Velocipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 11 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883) as required by
the decision of the Comptroller General of the 2nd day of February 1898.
Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 12th July, 1897-Accepted, 11th Sept., 1897
Improvements in Bearings for the Wheels of Velocipedes.
I, GEORGE LEONARD MORRIS of 16, Wells Street, Grays Inn Road, in the
Parish of St. Andrews, Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Cycle Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the ball bearings for velocipede
wheels, commonly known as "ball hubs," and it consists essentially in mounting
the cone on the revolving part i.e., on the hub, and in mounting the cups forming
the other parts of the ball bearing on the stationary part i.e., the axle, the object
being to embody in the construction of "ball hubs" the same principle as is
embodied in the construction of the pedal-crank axle bearing so that the non-
revolving part which is subject to the most wear is of the larger diameter.
In carrying my invention into effect I mount in or on each end of the hub, in
any convenient manner, a cone of the usual type of as small a diameter as possible,
consistent with a clear passage through it for the axle supporting the wheel.
On each end of the axle-which is non-rotating-is mounted a cup adapted to
form with the cone on each end of the hub a race for the balls. One of these cups
is adjustable on the axle to compensate for wear, the said adjustable cup being
locked in position after adjustment by the outside nut adapted to fix the axle to
the frame of the machine. These non-rotating cups are so shaped that they
completely cover and as far as possible enclose the cones on the hub so as to make
the bearing as near dustproof as possible.
In applying this bearing to driving wheels the hub is so shaped that the ring
of teeth forming the driving chain wheel is mounted immediately over the path of
the balls in the bearing on that side of the machine.
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ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Bearings for the wheels of
elocipedes.
I, GEORGE LEONARD MORRIS of 16, Wells Street, Grays Inn Road, in the
Parish of St. Andrews, Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Cycle Manufacturer,
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page_text: 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 improvements in the ball bearings for velocipede
wheels, commonly known as "ball hubs," and especially in ball hubs of the form
described and claimed in the Specification of Letters Patent No. 12393 of 1896
granted to the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company Limited, and Herbert
Austin.
In the accompanying drawing:-
Figure 1 is a view in longitudinal section showing one form my invention may
assume, and
Figure 2 is a modification thereof.
In both views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference...
In or on each end of the hub A, a male cone B, of as small a diameter as is
possible consistent with a clear passage through it for the axle C, is mounted in
any convenient manner.'
...
On the ends of the axle C-which is non-rotating-are mounted cups or female
cones and D adapted to form with the cones B, races for the balls x. One
or both of the cups or female cones D and D is adjustably mounted on the axle C
to compensate for wear. In practice is is only necessary to make one of the cups
adjustable on the axle and that construction is shown in the drawing.
The
adjustable cup or cone I may be locked in position after adjustment by an
auxiliary nut c though preferably the nut el adapted to fix the axle to the frame
of the machine is utilised for the purpose. The cups or cones D and D¹ are so
shaped that they completely cover and as far as possible enclose the cones B, B,
on the hub so as to make the bearing as dustproof as possible.
In applying this bearing to driving wheels the extension of the hub adapted to
carry the ring of teeth E forming the chain wheel is made sufficiently large for
the cup or cone D' to fit within it.
Although in the construction shown in the accompanying drawing but one of
the cups or cones is arranged for adjustment on the axle both may be so
arranged if desired. I prefer to mount the cups or cones D D¹ on the axle, in
such a manner that they fit on a plain part thereon and not on a threaded part.
This may be effected either by enlarging the hole of the cup or cone at its inner
or sleeve end d and cutting a thread in the said enlarged part to engage with a
thread cut on a correspondingly enlarged part c³ of the axle as shown by Figure 1,
or by threading the sleeve parts d of the cups or cones externally and screwing
them into a threaded sleeve D as shown by Figure 2. The sleeve D is preferably
made fast to the non-adjustable cup D by means of a small set screw or the like
and the cup D is preferably prevented from moving longitudinally on the axle
by being locked by the nut c against a small shoulder such as on the axle.
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 I claim
nothing described and claimed in the Specification of Letters Patent No. 12393
of 1896 referred to above, but what I claim is:-
1. The improved ball bearing hub for velocipedes, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
2. In a ball bearing for the wheels of velocipedes having male cones fixed to
the hub and female cones or cups mounted on the axle, mounting the said female
cones or cups on the axle, so that they slide on a plain part thereof and not on a
threaded part, as set forth.
3. The combination of parts hereinbefore described with reference to Figure 1
of the accompanying drawing, forming my improvement in bearings for the
wheels of velocipedes.
4. The combination of parts herein before .described with reference to Figure 2

page_text: of the accompanying drawing, forming my improvement in bearings for the
wheels of velocipedes.
Dated this 12th day of July 1897
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.