IMPROVE- MENTS IN WHEELS FOR VEHICLES to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: I, FRANCIS KING, of Glebe Point, Sydney, in the colony of New South Wales,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN WHEELS FOR VEHICLES to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to improvements in wheels for travelling on railways or
on common roads and it consists in an improved mode of construction whereby
Buch wheels are made more durable and in the end less expensive than heretofore
by lessening, if not preventing, shock and jar.
The improved wheels are made in segments, and have tyres, but instead of the
rigid spokes commonly used, I provide metallic spokes so constructed as to have a
certain amount of spring. Each spoke consists of a strip or strips of iron or steel,
bolted, or otherwise fastened at one end to a nave, and proceeding therefrom to the
felloe where it is bent round into a loop; it then passes along the inner periphery
of the wheel for a convenient distance, and is then bent round so as to form another
loop, and finally it again passes to the nave, where its other end is fastened.
I prefer to place two of these strips or segments back to back, and bolt, or rivet
them together so as to increase their strength.
I use wooden felloes, and if preferred gutta percha, or india rubber may be placed
between the outsides of the segments and the inside of tyre, so that the pressure is
exerted on an elastic material
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.
Improvements in wheels for venicies.
I, FRANCIS KING, of Glebe Point Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales,
Mechanical Engineer 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 wheels for travelling on railways or
on common roads, and consists in the improved construction hereinafter described,

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whereby such wheels are made more durable and, in the end, less expensive than
heretofore, by lessening if not preventing shock and jar.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is an elevation of a carriage-wheel constructed according to this
invention.
Figure 2 is an elevation, partly in section, drawn to an enlarged scale, of the hub
of the said wheel, shewing the method of attaching the segments thereto.
Figure 3 is a side view of the said hub, partly in section.
The improved wheel shewn in the drawing is made in segments a, bound together
by a tyre b; but instead of making the spokes rigid, as heretofore, I construct the
spokes so as to have a certain amount of spring.
Each segment consists of a strip of iron or steel bolted, or otherwise fastened, at
one end to a nave c and proceeding therefrom towards the felloe, where it is bent
into a loop d. It then passes along the inner periphery of the wheel for a con-
venient distance, and is then bent round so as to form another loop d, and finally
it again passes to the nave, where its other end is fastened.
The bar or strip of which each segment is formed is preferably bent upon a block
or templet and its ends connected, previous to its application to the wheel.
In constructing the wheel I prefer to place each two adjacent segments back to
back, as shewn, and to bolt or rivet them together so as to increase their strength,
the adjacent portions of two segments then constitute a single spoke.
I sometimes attach the segments to wooden felloes, and I also in some cases
insert a gutta percha or india-rubber cushion e between the outsides of the segments
and the inside of the tyre as shewn in Figure 1, so that the pressure is exerted on
the elastic material. Figure 1* shews the tyre so arranged that the india-rubber
is covered and protected from injury.
When the wheel is intended for travelling on railways the tyre must be provided
with a flange.
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 :-
First. The improvements in the construction of wheels for travelling on railways
or on common roads, substantially as herein described and explained.
Second. The improved wheel constructed substantially as described with reference
to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 10th dow of Inne 1886
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.