ш де тог
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 5th Mar., 1898
Даргомещению ш десте тог у епістев.
I, GEORGE ANTON RÖMER, of B 219, Deventerstrasse, Apeldoorn, in the Kingdom
of the Netherlands, 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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This invention relates to wheels for vehicles, more particularly to the hub and
spokes thereof.
In order that my invention may be the better understood I will describe the same
with reference to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures marked
thereon.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 illustrate constructions of hubs for velocipedes.
Figures 4 to 9 show various constructions of the hub for vehicles.
Figure 10 shows the arrangement of the bearing for wooden hubs.
Figures 11 to 13 show the construction and general arrangement of the spokes.
Figures 14 to 16 show forms of attachment of the spokes to the boss.
The construction of the bearings necessitates that, contrary to known arrange-
ments the axle should rotate with the wheel, and that the bearings be suspended
on the ends of the wheel fork. The axle rests in bearings at both ends so that a
bearing must be suspended at each end of the wheel fork. A special form of con-
struction of the bearing is shown in Figure 1.
The axle g carries on the side towards the wheel a cone 6 fixed thereto. A second
cone e formed symmetrically to the cone b is situated opposite the latter on the
screw-threaded outermost part of the axle g, and is held rigidly in its position by a
washer and nut e. Around these two cones is arranged the bearing sleeve
a designed to rotate and of T shaped longitudinal section. The perpendicular
rim of the bearing sleeve a engages between the two cones b and c and serves as
support for the balls f situated at both sides of the rim n, so that the balls f are
guided in the angle formed between the bearing sleeve a and its rim n, and on the
surfaces of the cones b and c. At the rotation of the axle the two cones revolve,
therefore, on the balls f which as before mentioned run in the angles formed by the
bearing sleeve a. Around the outside of the latter is cast a sheel h of white metal
or similar material, which is closed at the ends by covers m and m¹ in order to keep
out the dust. The covers m and m may be formed of white metal, celluloid or
similar material. If desired the bearing sleeve a may be polished on the outside,
or nickel plated, the casting his omitted in this case, and the covers m and m¹ are
arranged on the bearing sleeve a direct. The bearing is suspended from one end of
the wheel fork by any suitable device for instance by a ring i which may be drawn
together by a screw.
The form of bearing illustrated in Figure 2 differs from that described before,
inasmuch as a. flat plate 6 is substituted for the cone b. In this case the bearing
sleeve a has a second rim n¹ projecting from the before mentioned rim also at a
right angle, so as to form a groove in which the balls f run.
In the construction shown in Figure 3 the cone b is entirely omitted and the
bearing sleeve a is reduced to a simple bearing race, which guides by means of its
side and bottom, the balls f rolling on the surface of the cone c.

page_text: serves as support to balls which are restrained also by the horizontal part of the
sleeve a and a cone, substantially as described.
2nd. A form of construction of the wheel bearing claimed in Claim 1, in which
the wheel rotates direct with the axle, while the bearing pan a is fixed, sub-
stantially as described and illustrated.
3rd. A wheel bearing as claimed in Claim 1 in which two rows of balls and two
cones are arranged beside one another, substantially as described.
4th. A form of construction of the wheel bearing claimed in Claim 3 in which
one cone is replaced by a disc, and the rim n of the bearing pan has a horizontal
extension to support the balls, substantially as described.
5th. A further modification of the wheel bearing as claimed in Claim 1 in which
the bearing sleeve is formed as a simple sleeve or cup substantially as decribed and
illustrated in Figure 3.
6th. A spoke for vehicle wheels formed of a triangular strip of sheet metal a',
continued at its point as a pin 61 ending in a screw threaded extension c¹, the other
end of the spoke being attached either to the wheel axle or to the hub, substantially
as described.
7th. A spoke for vehicle wheels as claimed in Claim 6 having its enlarged
tubular broad ends fixed in corresponding grooves o¹ of a cylinder z¹ situated either
on the axle or on the hub, substantially as described and illustrated with reference
Figures 14 and 15.
8th. A spoke for vehicle wheels as claimed in Claim 6 having its tubular ends R¹
attached by a pin to tubes r¹ situated on the hub h¹ substantially as described.
9th. A spoke for vehicle wheels as claimed in Claim 6 having the ends S bent
and inserted into slots 23 of bars 22, situated on the cylinder 21, the projection S¹
securing the spoke in its place, substantially as described.
Dated this 24th day of December 1897.
FELL & JAMES,
Agents for the Applicant.