Improvements in or relating to Auto-motor Cycles and Cars.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Auto-motor Cycles and Cars.
I, JOHN GUSTAF ADOLF RHODIN, of 47, Victoria. Buildings, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer and Analytical Chemist, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
"
My invention relates to improvements in automotor cycles and cars and the
object of my improvements is to reduce the friction and loss of power entailed
when the cycle or car is running over rough roads or upon uneven ground.
In applying my improvements to an automotor cycle I propose to mount the
cycle upon two wheels placed one immediately in front of the other and the
or both of these
power employed to drive the cycle is applied to either
wheels, preferably to the rear wheel. I arrange a pair of wheels, one on
either side of the cycle and these side wheels may be mounted upon an axle
placed between the front and rear wheels and connected to the frame of the
carriage by spring connections; or the side wheels may be each supported
upon a separate stud mounted upon a C spring or its equivalent connected in any
'convenient manner to the frame of the machine, so that each side wheel helps
to support the cycle and yet is free to move independently of the other and of
the centre or driving wheel.
My improvements can be applied to automotor cycles or cars propelled by
electricity, steam, oil or other motive power.
1000
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Auto-motor Cycles and Cars.
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I, JOHN GUSTAF ADOLF RHODIN, of 47, Victoria Buildings, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer and Analytical Chemist, 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:
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My invention relates to improvements in automotor cycles and cars and the
object of my improvements is to reduce the friction and loss of power entailed
when the cycle or car is running over rough roads or upon uneven ground.
In applying my improvements to an automotor cycle I propose to mount the
cycle upon two wheels placed one immediately in front of the other and the
power employed to drive the cycle is applied to either or both of these
wheels, preferably to the rear wheel. I arrange a pair of wheels, one
on

page_text: either side of the cycle and these side wheels may be mounted upon an axle
placed between the front and rear wheels and connected to the frame of the
carriage by spring connections; or the side wheels may be each supported
upon a separate stud mounted upon a C spring or its equivalent connected in any
convenient manner to the frame of the machine, so that each side wheel helps
to support the cycle and yet is free to move independently of the other and of
the centre or driving wheel.
My improvements can be applied to automotor cycles or cars propelled by
electricity, steam, oil or other motive
power.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings-
Figure 1 is a side elevation and figure 2 a plan of an automotor cycle or car to
which my improvements are applied.
In these views,-1 denotes the frame of the automotor cycle or car, 2, 3 the
pair of wheels placed one immediately in front of the other; and 4, 5 the pair of
wheels placed one on either side of the cycle or car.
In the arrangement shown the front wheel 2 is the steering wheel carried in a
swivel fork 6 which is actuated by the handle or steering lever 7. The rear
wheel is the driven wheel and its axle 8 is carried by brackets and stays 9
secured to the frame 1, the wheel 3 being driven by chain wheels and chains 10
or any other convenient driving gear from the shaft 11 of an electric, steam, oil
or other suitable motor. The side wheels 4, 5 are in this instance shown mounted
loosely on a common axle 12 which is connected by suitable springs as for example
the leaf springs 13 to the frame 1.
The automotor cycle or car is fitted with any suitable type of brake (not shown)
actuated by means of connections from the treadle lever 14 or any convenient
equivalent.
The central pair of wheels 2, 3 being supported in bearings in rigid connections,
and the pair of side wheels 4, 5 being supported in bearings carried by yielding
connections it follows that there is a differential action between the two pairs of
wheels, as the two side wheels although helping to support the vehicle are free to
yield each independently of the other and of the central pair of wheels.
By this arrangement friction is diminished and consequently much less driving
power is required for propelling the same weight than would be the case in any
other arrangement of wheels with which I am acquainted.
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: -
1. The combination with one pair of wheels arranged tandem and mounted in
rigid or comparatively rigid supports, of a second pair of wheels arranged one on
either side of the first pair and supported in yielding connections substantially as
as for the purposes herein set forth.
2. The combination with the pair of wheels 2, 3, of the pair of wheels 4, 5 both
pairs of wheels being arranged and supported substantially in the. manner herein
described, for the purpose specified.
3. The general combination and arrangement of parts substantially as and for
the purposes herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of March 1800
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT.
Agents for Applicant,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.