Improvements in Wheels for Vehicles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Wheels for Vehicles.
I, DANIEL HILLCOAT, of Fulbar Street, in the Town and County of Renfrew,
Wright, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to wheels for vehicles and it has for its object, first, to
provide an improved cushioned tyre, and second, to provide means whereby the
spokes of said wheels may be secured and tightened in their sockets should they
become loose.
To that end, in carrying out the first part of my invention, I bore a number
of holes, radially from the centre of the wheel, through the rim which may be
made of wood or metal. Within each of these holes I fit a socket piece having a
spread or outwardly flanged end which abuts against the outer periphery of the
rim, and is secured thereto by screws or otherwise, the inner end of the socket
which passes through and beyond the tyre being provided with an inturned flange.
Between this latter flange and a shoulder on a bolt which enters the socket, a spiral
spring bears, said spring being wound helically around the bolt. In order to pre-
vent the bolt from falling out of its socket during the rotation of the wheel, a
split pin or a pin bent or otherwise secured to prevent its falling out, is passed
through the socket near its inner end, said pin passing also through the bolt
which is slotted at this part to permit of the travel of the bolt within the socket.
The outer end of the bolt is provided with a rubber stud or tread which on the
rotation of the wheel bears upon the ground, the wheel being further cushioned
when the weight of the vehicle compresses the spiral spring.
Instead of forming flat circular shoulders on the bolts each of said shoulders
may be extended until it meets the adjacent shoulder thus forming a practically
continuous rim, these shoulders being made concave on their outer faces in order
to receive a solid or other rubber tyre.
In carrying out the second part of my invention I surround the spokes at their
outer ends with ferrules bearing against shoulders on the spokes, each ferrule
having its outer portion screw threaded and provided with a nut. The ends of
the spokes pass into holes bored through the wheel rim to receive them and the
nuts on the ferrules bear hard upon the inner periphery of the rim. When any
one of the spokes become loose between the hub and the rim of the wheel the nut
on that spoke is turned so as to cause it to bear still harder against the rim.
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WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents, 62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agent for the Applicant.

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I, DANIEL HILLCOAT, of Fulbar Street, in the Town and County of Renfrew,
Wright, 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 wheels for vehicles and it has for its object to provide
an improved cushioned tyre.
The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawing which shews the
improved cushioned tyre as applied to the heavier class of vehicles such as carts,
vans and the like.
In carrying out the invention, I bore a number of holes A, radially from the
centre of the wheel, through the rim B which may be made of wood or metal.
Within each of these holes I fit a socket piece C having a spread or outwardly
flanged end C¹ which abuts against the outer periphery of the rim B and is secured
thereto by screws D or otherwise, the inner end of the socket C which passes through
and beyond the rim being provided with an inturned flange C. Between this latter
flange C and a shoulder E on a bolt E¹ which enters the socket C, a spiral spring F
bears, said spring being wound helically around the bolt E. In order to prevent
the bolt E' from falling out of its socket C during the rotation of the wheel, a split
pin G or a pin bent or otherwise secured to prevent its falling out, is passed through
the socket C near its inner end, said pin passing also through the bolt E¹ which
is slotted at this part to permit of the travel of the bolt E within the socket C.
The outer end of the bolt E' is provided with a rubber stud or tread H which on
the rotation of the wheel bears upon the ground, the wheel being further cushioned
when the weight of the vehicle compresses the spiral spring F.
The improved tyre whilst specially applicable to the heavier class of vehicles
is also applicable to bicycles and the like.
Instead of forming flat circular shoulders E on the bolts E' each of said shoulders
may be extended until it meets the adjacent shoulder thus forming a practically
continuous rim, these shoulders being made concave on their outer faces in order
to receive a solid or other rubber tyre.
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:-
A vehicle wheel having a cushioned spring tyre constructed substantially as
described.
2. A vehicle wheel having holes drilled radially through the rim into which fit
metal socket pieces adapted to hold springs each of which bears between the inner
end of the socket and a shoulder on a bolt fitted within said socket, the bolt being
Inovably secured to the socket by means of a pin which is entered through holes
in the socket and through a slot in the bolt to allow of the necessary travel of
the bolt substantially as described.
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