Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 14th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 10th Apr., 1837
We FRANK JOHNSON, Shipbuilder, 72 Deburgh Street, Cardiff and DANIEL.
MCCALLUM The Murch Dinas Powis, near Cardiff do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in forming wheels for vehicles out of stamped sheet
metal.
The wheels are stamped or pressed out of sheet metal such as steel or iron plate
and are provided with bosses; and strengthening ribs or spokes when required said
bosses being secured to the wheel & strengthening ribs or spokes in any convenient
manner such as by rivets. The stamping and pressing out of the wheels may be
performed by any suitable machinery in conjunction with suitable dies and stamping
blocks. The wheel may be cut out at suitable parts thereof in order to reduce the
weight of same.
Dated this 18th day of September 1896.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicants..
We FRANK JOHNSON, Shipbuilder, 72 Deburgh Street, Cardiff and DANIEL.
MCCALLUM The Murch Dinas Powis near Cardiff 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 consists in forming wheels for vehicles out of stamped sheet
metal.
The wheels are stamped or pressed out of sheet metal such as steel or iron plate
and are provided with bosses and strengthening ribs or spokes when required, said
bosses being secured to the wheel and strengthening ribs or spokes in any convenient
manner such as by rivets. The stamping and pressing out of the wheel may be
performed by any suitable machinery in conjunction with suitable dies and stamping
blocks. The wheel may be cut out at suitable parts thereof in order to reduce the
weight of same.
It will be seen that any convenient kind of stamping machinery may be employed
to cut out or stamp the wheels as this does not form any essential part of the
invention which consists in stamping or cutting the wheels out of sheet metal in
one or more sections instead of casting or turning them as heretofore by which
means greater cheapness and simplicity of construction are obtained.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will now refer to the
annexed drawings in which:
Figure 1. is a side elevation of my invention.
Figure cross section through line in Figure 1.

page_text: Figure 3. section through line 1-2 in Figure 1.
Figure 4. is a sectional elevation of a modified form of my invention.
a is the rim of the wheel which is stamped, cut or pressed out of a metal plate
by means of suitable power. b, are the spokes which are pressed out as shown in
Figure 3 for purposes of strength.
The wheel is secured upon the axle e, by means of the bosses or collars c, & bolts
or the like the whole being secured to the axle in any convenient & well known
manner. The wheel is provided with the strengthening Hanges f, to be cut out at g,
for purposes of lightness.
Referring to Figure 4, in this case the rim of the wheel may be shrunk on or
otherwise secured in position such as by shrinking and the ring secured by means
of the rivets or such like suitable means. Apertures may he formed in the side
piece or plate for the purpose of facilitating the rivetting of the parts together said
apertures being alterwards filled or closed by means of a plug or the like of suitable
material. is a boss secured to the axle j and to which the pieces or plates m & m²
are secured by the rings k and rivets or the like 1. When the wheel is required for
road purposes the flange or projection upon the rim is dispensed with.
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. The combined construction and arrangement of the various parts substantially
as described and illustrated herein.
2. In wheels for vehicles and the like forming same from sheet metal by stamping,
pressing, or cutting out, and securing same upon an axle by means of collars, bosses
and bolts or the like.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicants.