Improvements in Wheels Suitable for Traction Engines and other Vehicles..
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 7th Mar., 1900-Accepted, 14th Apr., 1900
Improvements in Wheels Suitable for Traction Engines and other
Vehicles..
I, RICHARD HITCHCOCK, of Steam Plough Works, Taunton, in the County of
Somerset, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
According to this invention the tyre of the wheel is made in segments sepa-
rated from each other by radial transverse plates or pads of india rubber. or
other elastic material. The segments are free to move inwards and can tilt
sideways so as to adjust themselves to the camber of the road by compressing
the pads more on one side than the other.
The segments are connected to the hub or to a disc forming an extension of
the hub by spokes or links and in some cases the disc is of sufficiently large
diameter to extend into grooves or notches in the backs of the segments so as
to limit their sideway displacement.
Each segment is preferably made in the form of a five sided box opening
inwards or it may be a frame in which a block or blocks of wood or other
material is or are fixed.
Dated this 7th day of Tunn 1000
RICHARD HITCHCOCK.
Improvements in Wheels Suitable for Traction Engines and other
Vehicles.
I, RICHARD HITCHCOCK, of Steam Plough Works, Taunton, in the County of
Somerset, 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:
According to this invention the tyre of the wheel is made in segments sepa-
rated from each other by radial transverse plates or pads of india rubber or
other elastic material. The segments are free to move inwards and can tilt
sideways so as to adjust themselves to the camber of the road by compressing
the pads more on one side than on the other.
The segments are connected to the hub or to a disc forming an extension of
the hub by spokes or links and in some cases the disc is of sufficiently large
diameter to extend into grooves or notches in the backs of the segments so as
to limit their sideway displacement.
Each segment is preferably made in the form of a trough or a five sided box

page_text: opening inwards or it may be a frame in which a block or blocks of wood or
other material is or are fixed.
Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Figure 2 a transverse section of a wheel
constructed according to this invention.
e are
a a are the segments forming the tyre and bare pads of indiarubber between
them. c are bolts and nuts connecting the segments a together. d is a disc
forming an extension of the hub and dare flanges on its two faces.
shackles on the bolts c and fare rods fixed to the flanges d' and having eyes fl
at their ends. g is a wire rope passing through the shackles e and eyes fl
being secured by lashing or bands g. The rope g thus forms a series of spokes.
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
1 claim is;-
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1. A wheel having a tyre made in segments separated from each other by
elastic pads and connected by spokes or links to the hub or to a disc forming
an extension of it.
2. Wheels substantially as described and illustrated in the drawings.
RICHARD HITCHCOCK.