Improvements in and relating to Hubs for Cycle Wheels.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Hubs for Cycle Wheels.
ANDREW KING, of Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham, Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to hubs for cycle
wheels, the object of the invention being the provision of means which allow of
the wheel being removed from the cycle frame and replaced therein in a simple
and expeditious manner without the use of a hollow axle.
According to this invention the length of the wheel axle is less than or equal
to the distance between the inside of the fork or cycle frame and the total
length of the hub and cones does not exceed the same distance. The wheel can
thus be easily placed between the sides of the frame and when in position it is
secured by a screw at each end of the axle. These screws fit holes or slots in the
cycle frame and may be screwed to fit a hole in the end of the axle or cone, or
they may be drilled and tapped to fit a screw thread on the outside of the axle.
The cones for the bearings are suitably modified, are made readily adjustable,
and may be provided with means for locking them on the axle.
W. H. POTTER, Wh. Sc.,
Brougham Chambers, Nottingham.
Improvements in and relating to Hubs for Cycle Wheels.
ANDREW KING, of Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham, 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 improvements in hubs for cycle wheels and has for
its object the production of a hub so arranged that it and the connected wheel can
be removed from the cycle frame in a simple and expeditious manner without the
use of a hollow spindle.
According to this invention the length of the wheel axle and of the hub and
cones does not exceed the distance between the inside of the front forks or back
stays so that the wheel can be placed in position without springing the cycle frame
over the ends of the axle. The wheel is held in position by screws or nuts, the
shape of the cones is suitably modified, and the cones may be provided with
means for locking them on the axle.

page_text: In the accompanying drawing which is a part sectional plan, there is shown
the application of this invention to a back wheel hub.
The hub a, on the outside, is made with flanges b for the spokes, and with
screw threaded portions c and d for the chain wheel and its locking nut. The
inside of the hub is made with flanges e up to which the cups f are fixed by any
of the usual means. The spindle g is made with a collar h and the fixed cone k
is fastened on the axle up to this collar by screwing, pegging or other means.
The opposite end of the spindle carries the adjusting cone which is preferably
locked upon the spindle by an internal locking nut m. The hub is also provided
with dust and oil retaining caps n, and the extreme length of the hub over the
outer faces of the cones k and 7, and the length of the spindle g is equal to the
distance between the faces o of the back stays p.
The cones and are recessed as shown to admit the hollow nuts r which
have a bearing in the frame ends and hold the hub in position by being screwed
upon the ends of the axle g:
With the hub herein described the usual open slotted frame ends may be
replaced with closed slotted ends as shown the chain adjusting screw flange s
being made large enough to admit the nut r.
When the improved hub is applied to the front wheel the cups and cones are
arranged as described with reference to the back wheel hub, the length of the
hub over the cones and the spindle is equal to the distance between the front
forks, and these latter are drilled to admit the nuts r.
Instead of using hollow nuts r, the spindle may be made large enough to admit
of its ends being drilled and tapped to receive a screw.
In a cycle fitted with hubs of the kind herein described the front wheel will
fall from between the forks when both nuts r have been removed. The back
wheel can in a similar manner be removed from the back stays, and this may
be done without uncoupling the driving chain. In machines fitted with a gear
case the tube of the back wheel tyre can be taken from the machine after being
taken off the wheel by removing the left hand nut r and springing the stay until
the tube can be passed between it and the end of the cone.
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. A cycle wheel hub in which the length of the hub and cones and of the hub
spindle is equal to the distance between the parts of the frame carrying the
same substantially as herein set forth.
2. A cycle wheel hub in which the length of the hub and cones and of the hub
spindle is equal to the distance between the parts of the frame carrying the
same, and in which the adjusting cone is locked in position by a nut inside the
cone substantially as herein set forth.
3. Cycle wheel hubs constructed and arranged as herein specified with reference
to the accompanying drawing.
Noted this 15th day of March 1899