Improvements in Ball Bearings for Cycles and other Vehicles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 20th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 24th May, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ball Bearings for Cycles and other Vehicles.
1, GEORGE GIBSON of 11 Sandyford Square, Newcastle on Tyne in the County
of Northumberland, Cycle Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to an improved ball bearing for use on cycles and other
vehicles. I use female cones with left hand screws cut on outside surfaces, which
fit into internal screws cut in bosses of hub; and are also suitably cupped out to
receive balls which compose the bearing. The cone on chain side of cycle is made
with a collar or shoulder of larger diameter than body of cone, said shoulder, which
when cone is screwed home, serves to lock cone itself, also chain wheel on hub, said
wheel being preferably screwed on hub with right hand thread. The other, or
adjusting cone, is made with left hand screw to fit boss of hub, and, at a suitable
distance is shouldered down to receive a right hand screw on which I fix lock nut,
which fixes adjustment of cone by jamming against boss of hub, securely locking
cone in position. The above combination is also suitable for crank bracket
bearings, the lock nut in this case being preferably sunk flush with line of bracket
so as to keep tread as narrow as possible.
Dated this 3rd day of July 1894.
I, GEORGE GIBSON, of 11 Sandiford Square, Newcastle on Tyne, in the County
of Northumberland, Cycle 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 an improved ball bearing for use on cycles and other
vehicles.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1, is a sectional clevation of my invention as used on the driving wheel.
Fig. 2, is a modification of Fig. 1, as used on the front wheel.
According to my invention I use female cones A and B with left and right hand
screws C and D cut on their outside surfaces, which fit into corresponding internal
screws E cut in the bosses F of the hub G; and are also suitably cupped out
at H to receive balls J which compose the bearing and revolve against the
spindle J.
The cone B on the chain side of the cycle is made with a collar or shoulder K
of larger dianieter than the body of the cone B, the said shoulder, when the
cone B is screwed home, serves to lock the cone, also the chain wheel L on the
hub;
the said wheel L being preferably screwed on the hub with right hand
thread L'.
The other, or adjusting cone A, is made with right hand screw to fit the boss of
the hub G, and, at a suitable distance is shouldered down to receive a left hand

page_text: screw on which is fixed a washer ring or lock nut N which fixes the adjustment of
the cone A by jamming against the boss of the hub G, securely locking the
cone A in position. The above combination is also suitable for crank bracket
bearings, the washer ring or lock nut N in this case being preferably sunk flush
with the line of bracket so as to keep the 'tread as narrow as possible.
By the use of right and left hand screws or threads upon the respective parts as
aforesaid, such parts are securely locked, and any tendency which one thread would
have to cause unlocking, is counteracted by the other or opposite kind of thread,
the revolution of the hub also keeps the cones in position and prevents any tendency
for them to get loose.
I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the particular
construction of adjusting cone as shown and described and also that I may use
right or left hand screws or vice versa on the respective parts, as may be
desired.
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 ball bearing for cycles, and other vehicles, having cones provided with
right and left hand threads or screws, or vice versa, for engaging into corresponding
internal threads or screws upon the bosses of the hub, together with washers, rings,
or lock-nuts, or other such means, provided with threads or screws of an opposite
kind to those upon the said cones, substantially as and for the purposes shown and
described.
2. In a ball bearing for cycles, and other vehicles, the combination with the hub
of cones, one of which has a right or left band thread, and the other a left or right
hand thread, for engaging into corresponding internal threads upon the bosses of
the hub, together with a washer, ring, or lock-nut screwing on to one of the cones
by an opposite kind of thread to that upon the cone engaging into one of the bosses
of the hub, and a chain wheel screwing on to the other boss of the hub, by an
opposite kind of thread to that upon the other cone, substantially as set forth with
reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings annexed.
3. In a ball bearing for cycles, and other vehicles, the combination with the hub
of cones, one of which has a right or left hand screw or thread which engages with.
a corresponding internal thread on one of the bosses of the hub, and the other a
left or right hand screw or thread which engages into a corresponding internal
thread upon the other boss of the hub, together with a washer, ring, or lock-nut
having an opposite kind of thread or screw to that upon the latter cone, substan-
tially as set forth with reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings annexed.
Dated this 10th dow of Amil 1905
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.