Improvements in Wheels for Road Vehicles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct.,
1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 16th Mar.. 1895
Improvements in Wheels for Road Vehicles.
We, THOMAS WOOD, and TRISTRAM WOOD, both of Woodman Street, Heaton
Lane, Stockport, in the County of Lancaster, Coach Proprietors, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates more particularly to that class of wheels for road vehicles
in which the felloe is made of wood and built up in segments.
Heretofore the said felloe segments have been entirely supported by shoulders
formed on the spokes, which provides only a partial support and renders the felloe
liable to break between the spokes.
Our invention has for its object to obviate the said defects and thus render the
said wheels less liable to repairs.
To this end we employ upon the shoulders of the spokes a metal rim holes being
formed therein for the spoke ends to project through. Upon the said metal rim and
the spoke ends we then place the felloe and over the latter the tyre in the usual
way.
The said rim is open when being placed onto the spokes and closes on the felloe
being placed thereon and on the spoke ends, the rim ends being pinned to the felloe
afterwards.
In some cases we may form on the inner periphery of the said rim concentric with
cach spoke hole a boss or socket adapted to surround or receive the shoulder part
of the spoke and thus secure the said rim more firmly to the spokes.
We may also employ between each spoke shoulder and the said rim a rubber or
other elastic ring or bed adapted to serve as a cushion.
Dated this 10th day of October 1894
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicants.
Improvements in Wheels for Road vehicles.
We, THOMAS WOOD, and TRISTRAM WOOD, both of Woodman Street, Heaton
Lane, Stockport, in the County of Lancaster, Coach Proprietors, 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 more particularly to that class of wheels for road vehicles
in which the felloe is made of wood and built up in segments.
Heretofore the said felloe segments have been entirely supported by shoulders
formed on the spokes, which give an unsufficient support and render the felloe liable
to break between the spokes and the latter to sink into the felloes.
Our invention has for its object to obviate the said defects and thus render the
said wheels less liable to repairs.
And in order that our invention may be more fully understood we have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.

page_text: Figs. 1, 6 & 7 are side views, Figs. 2, 3 & 4 cross sections, Fig. 5 a sectional side
view of the spoke, felloe and tyre part of a wheel constructed in accordance with
our invention.
Fig. 8 is a plan of the spoke boss or socket detached, and
Fig. 9 a side view at a reduced scale of the whole of a wheel constructed as
aforesaid.
a are the spokes, bis the felloe, c the tyre.
In carrying out our invention and referring to Figs. 1, 2 & 9, we employ upon
the shoulders a' of the spokes a a metal rim d, holes being formed therein for the
spoke ends a³ to project through. Upon the metal rim d and the spoke ends a we
then place the felloe band over the latter the tyre e in the usual way.
The rim d is open when being placed onto the spokes a and closes on the felloe b
being placed thereon and on the spoke ends a², the rim ends being secured to the
felloe afterwards by such as pins e, see Fig. 9.
In some cases we may form on the inner periphery of the rim & concentric with
each spoke hole d' a boss or socket d', see Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8, adapted to surround
or receive the shoulder part a¹ of the spoke a and thus secure the rim d and felloe b
more firmly to the spoke a. The boss or socket d may either form a part of the
rim d, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 & 4, or preferably be secured thereto, as shown in
Fig. 8.
If desirable the spokes a may be formed with a second shoulder a³, see dotted
lines, Fig. 3, upon which the socket can rest in order to give the rim d still
further support upon the spokes a.
For very light wheels the boss or socket may be secured directly onto the
felloe b, as shown in Figs. 5 & 6.
Between each spoke shoulder a¹ and the rim d or felloe b, see Figs. 4 & 5
respectively, we employ a rubber or other elastic ring or bed adapted to serve as
a cushion.
If deemed necessary another elastic bed or cushion may be employed between
the spoke end a² and the tyre c, as shown in Fig. 4.
In lieu of forming the rim d in one piece, as described, in some cases, it
formed in sections or segments as will be readily understood.
may be
The said rim
segments may also be each formed or furnished with a boss or socket d to embrace
the spokes a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim, is-
"In wheels for road vehicles."
1st. The employment of a rim d upon the spokes a adapted to support the felloeb,
all substantially as set forth.
2nd. The rim d, as specified in the preceding claim, formed or furnished with
bosses or sockets & adapted to embrace the spokes a, all substantially as set
forth.
3rd. The bosses or sockets d', specified in the preceding claim, applied to the
felloe direct, all substantially as set forth.
4th. The employment of a rubber or other elastic ring between the spoke
shoulder a¹ and the rim d or felloe ball substantially as set forth.
Dated this 11th day of February 1895.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicants.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicants.