Year: 1885

page_text: I, LOUIS STERNE, of The Crown Iron Works, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows, that is to say:-
My said Invention relates to railway wheels of the kind known as the Handyside
wheel and of which modifications are described in the aftermentioned Patent
Specifications:-namely Handyside 1454 of 1869; Handyside and others 3155 of
1876; and Handyside and myself 137 of 1877. The said Handyside wheel
possesses various important practical advantages and the object of my present
Invention is to render the wheel practically perfect by modifications overcoming
minor defects which have shown themselves after considerable use of the wheels.
In the Handyside wheel the tire is connected to the central boss or hub by a
pair of curved disks of steel or other suitable metal, the outer edges of the disks
at their circumference entering grooves in the sides of the tire, and the edges at
the eyes of the disks entering grooves in the ends of the boss, whilst the disks
are bolted to each other by a circular series of bolts midway between the boss
and tire.
By my present Invention i form the boss with a disk-shaped middle flange
extending outwards just beyond the bolts by which the disks are fixed together
the bolts being passed through the flange and effectually preventing the disks from
turning on the boss. I also make the boss with an internal recess or groove round
the middle of its eye, whereby the fixing of the boss on the axle is made better
than with an ungrooved eye.
.
For properly securing the tire to the disks I form notches or small depressions
in the inner parts of the tire which are gripped by the disks and rivets are passed
from disk to disk through the notches, so as to effectually prevent the tire from
turning round between the disks. The inside of the tire may be made as in former
modifications with lateral ribs and a concave middle part; but I prefer to make it
without the concave middle part. The notches or depressions for the rivets, or it
may be bolts, may be made by rolling with a suitably shaped roller, or by punching
or slotting the tire after it has been rolled.
.
Dated this twenty-fourth day of November 1885.

page_text: I LOUIS STERNE of The Crown Iron Works, Glasgow in the County of Lanark,
North Britain Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILWAY WHEELS, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
"
.
;
My said Invention relates to railway wheels of the kind known as the Handyside
wheel and of which modifications are described in the aftermentioned Patent
Specifications—namely Handyside 1454 of 1869; Handyside and others 3155 of
1876; and Handyside and myself 137 of 1877. The said Handyside wheel
possesses various important practical advantages and the object of my present
Invention is to render the wheel practically perfect by modifications overcoming
minor defects which have shown themselves after considerable use of the said
Handyside wheels.
In the Handyside wheel the tire is connected to the central boss or hub by a
pair of curved discs of steel or other suitable metal, the outer edges of the discs
at their circumference entering grooves in the sides of the tire and the edges at
the eyes of the disks entering grooves in the ends of the boss whilst the discs
are bolted to each other by a circular series of bolts midway between the boss
and tire.
By my present Invention I form the boss with a disk shaped middle flange
extending outwards just beyond the bolts by which the discs are fixed together
the bolts being passed through the flange and effectually preventing the disks from
turning on the boss. I also make the boss with an internal recess or groove round
the middle of its eye whereby the fixing of the boss on the axle is made better
than with an ungrooved eye.
For properly securing the tire to the discs I form notches or small depressions
in the inner parts of the tire which are gripped by the disks and rivets are passed
from disk to disk through the notches so as to effectually prevent the tire from
turning round between the disks. The inside of the tire may be made as in former
modifications with lateral ribs and a concave middle part; but I prefer to make it
without the concave middle part. The notches or depressions for the rivets or it
may be bolts may be made by rolling with a suitably shaped roller or by punching
or slotting the tire after it has been rolled.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 of the accompanying sheet of Drawings represents a vertical section of
a wheel- made according to this Invention Figure 2 is a front elevation of same.
The same letters of reference apply to both the figures of the Drawings.
A represents the disc shaped middle flange which extends outwards from the
hose and just havond the bolts by which the diece of steel or other metal are

page_text: said middle flange A thus securely keeping the two discs C in their place. For
effectually securing the tyre D to the discs C. I form a notch or notches or
depression or depressions e on the inner edge of the tyre which may be made by
rolling or punching or otherwise. Above this notch or depression is a groove e
made in the outer and inner sides of the tyre into which the outer edges of the
discs C enter and through suitable openings made in these discs and through the
notch or notches E I pass a bolt b. It will thus be seen that the discs C cannot
possibly revolve on the grooves e and h as they are effectually prevented by the
notch E and flange A. The other edges of the discs C fit into the grooves h which
are made in the middle of the hub instead of the edge as hereinbefore mentioned.
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 :-
The use of a notch or notches or depression or depressions fitted on the inner
side of the tyre through which bolts or rivets from the discs pass and also the
general arrangement of parts substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.