IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHEELS FOR CARRIAGES AND OTHER VEHICLES
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Moseley, of Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, India-rubber Manufacturer, for the Invention of
“IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHEELS FOR CARRIAGES AND OTHER
VEHICLES
"
Sealed the 5th September 1871, and dated the 31st March 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Moseley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 31st March 1871.
I, JOSEPH MOSELEY, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
5 India-rubber Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHEELS FOR CARRIAGES
AND OTHER VEHICLES," to be as follows:-
This improvement consists in the application and introduction of a
layer or layers of india-rubber in the nave of the wheel in such
position that it forms a receiver and non-conductor between the wheels
and axletree, thereby preventing the vibration in the wheels being
communicated to the body of the vehicle, and effecting a considerable

page_text: decrease of the noise whilst travelling. A convenient mode of per-
forming this is by placing a layer or layers of india-rubber between the .
axle-box and the nave of the wheel.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph Moseley in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 29th September 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
MOSELEY, of Manchester, in the. County of Lancaster, India-rubber
Manufacturer, send greeting.
"
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 1
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirty-first day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Joseph Moseley, Her special license
that I, the said Joseph Moseley, my executors, administrators, and 1
assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph Moseley, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise; and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the 2
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHEELS FOR CARRIAGES AND OTHER VEHICLES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Joseph Moseley, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the 2
naturo of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
F
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Moseley, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described' and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say):-
This improvement consists in the application and introduction of a
layer or layers of india-rubber in the nave of the wheel in such position a

page_text: that it forms a receiver and non-conductor between the wheels and
axletree, thereby preventing the vibration in the wheels being com-
municated to the body of the vehicle, and effecting a considerable
decrease of the noise when travelling.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily
carried into operation, I will proceed to describe the accompanying
Drawing which represents' in section the nave and axle box of a carriage
wheel of the ordinary construction to which my improvements are
applied.
a is the usual cast-iron axle box, and 6 the wood nave, which is made
rather more in diameter than usual to admit the layer or brush o, which
is made of vulcanized india-rubber or other preparation of. india-rubber;
this india-rubber bush fits on the axle box, and it is protected by a thin
steel metal tube d, fitting in the hole of the nave. This india-rubber
bush being a non-conductor disconnects the axle box from the other
parts of the wheel, and prevents or reduces the shocks caused by the
inequalities in the surface of the road, and considerably decreases the
noise and vibration in carriages or other vehicles.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention and described a
convenient mode of performing the same, I wish to remark that I do
not intend to limit myself to the details given, but that I claim the
application of a layer or bush of india-rubber or any preparation of
india-rubber in the nave of carriage or other wheels in the manner and
for the purposes described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Moseley, have hereto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of September One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.