Improvements in connection with Wheels for Vehicles and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Wheels for Vehicles and
the like.
I, ALBERT AUGUSTUS POPE, of Cohasset, in the County of Norfolk, and State
of Massachusetts, United States of America, 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 relates particularly to the construction of the hubs of wire,wheels,
that is to say, of wheels having wire spokes, such as are commonly employed for
velocipedes and other like vehicles and it has for its object to improve the devices
for securing the wire spokes to the hub. To this end the barrel of the hub, which
is substantially cylindrical and hollow to secure the maximum of strength with the
mimimum of weight and cost, is provided with holes to receive studs which
are inserted through said holes, each stud being headed to engage the barrel
and having an eye for the engagement of the spoke. The improved construction
will be more fully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which several embodiments of the invention are illustrated, and in
which,-
Figure 1 is a longitudinal, central section of the hub with the axle and its
attached parts in elevation ;
Figure 2 is an end view of the same, only one of the studs hereinafter referred
to being shown;
Figures 3 and 4 are views similar to Figures 1 and 2 respectively but showing a
slightly different construction;
Figure 5 is a view partly in longitudinal section and partly in side elevation
illustrating still another form of construction;
Figure 6 is an end view of one of the bearing cones;
Figure 7 is a section on the plane indicated by the line 7-7 of Figure 5, some of
the spokes being shown in engagement with the hub.
As represented in the several figures of the drawings the hollow barrel A of the
hub, which receives and supports the bearings in any suitable manner, is preferably
of substantially uniform diameter from end to end and is provided, preferably at
each end thereof with a series of holes a a which are distributed about the circum-
ference of the barrel to correspond with the number of spokes which it is desired
that the wheel shall have, the series of holes being fully indicated in Figures 5
and 7. Through each hole is inserted from the inside, a stud B which has a head
or projection b to engage the barrel and to prevent the stud from being drawn out,
and in its outer edge an eye 6' which is adapted to receive the spoke C, as clearly
indicated in Figure 7, each spoke being headed, as at c, to prevent its being drawn
through the eye.
It is desirable to provide means to hold the studs bb out in place and to that end
the studs of each series are supported upon an internal sleeve. As represented in
Figure 1 the sleeve D is short and constitutes also the case of the ball bearing.
After the studs have been put in place the sleeves or cases D D are inserted and
are driven in until they rest against the seat provided for them, which is in this
case a shoulder a. The balls E E bear upon the cones F F which are adjustable
upon the screw threaded ends of the axle G, as usual.
As represented in Figure 3 the arrangement of the sleeve or case D, balls E E

page_text: and cone F is substantially the same as in the construction shown in Figure 1, but
an additional sleeve D' is interposed between the sleeve or case D and the barrel A,
the studs B B resting against the sleeve or case D, as before, and being seated in
holes d formed in the intermediate sleeve or bushing D, the latter having a
shoulder d for the sleeve or case D and itself resting against a shoulder a¹ of the
barrel A.
In the construction represented in Figures 5, 6 and 7, the sleeve D' which
supports the studs B B, as before, is made long enough to support both series of
studs while its ends form the seats against which the cases D³ rest when driven
home. The sleeve D' thus not only fixes the position of the cases D³ D³,
but prevents such dust as may find its way into the barrel A around the
studs B B, from working into the bearing and likewise prevents the oil from
getting out.
It will be observed that not only does my improvement permit the cost of
construction of the hub to be reduced very materially as compared with the cost
of construction of such hubs as are provided with the usual spoke flanges, by reason
of the fact that the barrel can be made of uniform diameter throughout its length,
but that it possesses advantages of its own in that the studs can be rotated in their
seats so that the spokes can be put in more easily and in that the heads of the
spokes can be flattened upon one side and caused to bear upon the surface of
the barrel, whereby the spokes will resist rotation while the nipples are being
set up.
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. A hub for a wheel having a hollow cylindrical barrel of substantially uniform
diameter throughout its length and provided with radial holes and radial studs
inserted through said holes from the inside, each of said studs having a head or
projection to engage the barrel and an eye for engagement with a spoke,
substantially as shown and described.
2. The combination with an axle of a hub having a hollow, cylindrical barrel of
substantially uniform diameter throughout its length and provided with radial holes
and radial studs inserted through said holes from the inside, each of said studs
having a head or projection to engage the barrel and an eye for engagement with a
spoke, and ball bearings interposed between said axle and said barrel, the bearing
parts being mounted respectively upon said axle and said barrel, substantially as
shown and described.
3. A hub for a wheel having a barrel provided with holes and studs inserted
through said holes from the inside, each of said studs having a head or projection
to engage the barrel and an eye for engagement with a spoke, and a sleeve within
said barrel to support said studs, substantially as shown and described.
4. A hub for a wheel having a barrel provided with holes and studs inserted
through said holes from the inside, each of said studs having a head or projection
to engage the barrel and an eye for engagement with a spoke, said barrel having
a series of holes and studs at each end, a sleeve within said barrel to support both
series of studs, and bearing cases secured in the ends of said barrel against the euds
of said sleeve, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 10th day of November 1906
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
Chartered Patent Agent, London,
Agent for the Applicant.