Improvements in or pertaining to the Wheels of Velocipedes and other Road Carriages.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 31st July, 1893-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or pertaining to the Wheels of Velocipedes and
other Road Carriages.
I MARGARET ELIZABETH TARVER of The Glen Glen Eldon Road Streatham
in the County of Surrey Gentlewoman do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is so to construct and fit and arrange the felloes or
rims and the tyres of the wheels of velocipedes and other road carriages that the
same can be very securely and efficiently and at the same time very easily and
quickly connected together while the felloes or rims can be extremely light.
To carry out this object the felloe of the wheel is made of any suitable material
and in any ordinary or other manner and when it is desired to be extremely light
it can conveniently be of the usual flat or very slightly curved cross-section and one
of the lateral edges of this felloe is flanged or turned up outwardly from the centre
or hub of the wheel in such wise as to be capable of retaining in position the
corresponding lateral edge of the tyre which likewise is made of any suitable
material and in any ordinary or other manner and may be provided and fitted with
any of the usual or other appliances if desired such for example as an internal
pneumatic tube and the like.
According to one method of construction in and near the other lateral edge of
the felloe is formed a gutter shaped depression all round the wheel and on the outer
periphery thereof and when the tyre has been placed in position round the felloe a
wire or a small rod of metal or other suitable material which may if desired be
hollow is placed in this gutter on the outside of the tyre to retain the same in
position and this wire or rod may be endless but preferably perhaps is fitted with a
right and left handed screw sleeve or with other suitable and customary device
whereby the two ends thereof may be drawn and secured together to tighten the
same round the felloe is this gutter.
According to another method of construction this the other lateral edge of the
felloe is similarly but only very slightly or to a very small extent turned up and
when the tyre has been placed in position round the felloe a small strip of metal or
other suitable material in transverse section of an angled shape is placed on this
felloe in such wise that the one part of this angled strip lies between the tyre and
the felloe while the other part thereof extends outwardly from the centre or hub of
the wheel by the side of the tyre to retain the same in position and at the same
time this angled strip itself is retained in position by the very slightly turned up
lateral edge of the felloe and the angled strip likewise may be endless but also
preferably perhaps is fitted with a similar or other suitable device as aforesaid or
otherwise whereby it may be tightened round the felloe.
Under either method of construction therefore the tyre can very easily and
quickly be slipped and placed on and round the felloe over and by its unflanged or
unturned up or very slightly turned up lateral edge and then the wire or rod or the
angled strip is similarly slipped and placed on and round the felloe or it may be
s passed there around and tightened thereupon as aforesaid when the tyre is very
ecurely and efficiently retained on the felloe as is desired.
Dated this 3rd day of November 1892.

page_text: COMI DELE DI FUIFICATION.
Improvements in or pertaining to the Wheels of Velocipedes and
other Road Carriages.
I MARGARET ELIZABETH TARVER of The Glen Glen Eldon Road Streatham
in the County of Surrey Gentlewoman do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
The object of this my invention is so to construct and arrange and fit the felloes
or rims and the tyres of the wheels of velocipedes and other road carriages that the
same can be very securely and efficiently and at the same time very easily and
quickly connected together in such an appropriate and correct manner that these
wheels are very speedily ready for use while when desired the felloes or rims can
be extremely light without any undue diminution of their strength.
In order the more clearly to explain this my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I refer to the accompanying drawing wherein I have shewn
transverse sections of the felloes or rims and the tyres of wheels according to two
very convenient and suitable forms and styles of construction and arrangement and
fitment of this my invention.
The felloe of the wheel may be made of any suitable and usual or other material
and in any appropriate and customary or other manner and when it is made of
metal and it is desired to be extremely light the felloe A can very conveniently be
made of the ordinary flat cross section shewn in the drawing and in any suitable
manner and after and according to any desired form and style of construction one
of the lateral edges of the felloe is flanged or turned up outwardly from the centre
or hub of the wheel or a similar but separate flange is correspondingly attached to
one of the lateral edges of the felloe so that this flanged edge or flange is
capable of retaining in position on the felloe the corresponding lateral edge of the
tyre.
The tyre of the wheel may likewise be made of any suitable and usual or other
material and in any appropriate and customary or other manner and it does not
need to be attached to the wheel but is connected with the felloe as obviously is
necessary in manner as is herein described and it may be provided and fitted with
any of the ordinary or other desirable appliances or devices such for example
internal pneumatic tube or the like and I would state that the "Dunlop " tyres C
shewn in the drawing are amongst many others very suitable and convenient for
use in and with this my invention.
as an
In Figure 1 I shew one very convenient and suitable and extremely strong and
rigid form and style of construction and arrangement and fitment of the felloe of
the wheel according unto which the one lateral edge B of such felloe A is bent or
turned inwardly towards the centre or hub of the wheel and then it is bent or turned
outwardly from the centre or hub of the wheel to form and create the flange herein-
before described and finally it is returned to the felloe A as is shewn in this figure
and this flanged edge B is so formed all round the wheel and is endless. In and at
the other lateral edge of the felloe A is formed a gutter shaped depression or
trough D it may preferably be corresponding with the inner part of the flanged
edge B the lip of which gutter D is on a level with the outer surface of the felloe A
or thereabouts and this gutter D is similarly so formed all round the wheel and is
endless. A rod E of metal or other suitable material which very preferably may
be hollow is made of such a size and shape in cross section that while the one
longitudinal part thereof properly fits and fills the gutter D the other longitudinal
part thereof stands out of such gutter D at about the same distance above or outside
of the outer surface of the felloe A as does the outer part of the flanged edge B
and this rod E can be passed entirely round the wheel in the gutter D and it is of
such a length that when the two ends thereof are secured together and if desired to

page_text: the felloe A or the gutter D this gutter D will surely and safely retain the rod E
in position on the felloe A. The two ends of the rod may be secured together in
any convenient and usual or other manner and by and through any suitable and
ordinary or other means and appliances as for example a sleeve may be fitted over
the two ends of the rod and by male and female right and left handed screw threads
could draw these two ends together or the one end of the rod could be passed inside
the other end of the rod or a sleeve secured thereover and projecting therefrom and
a transverse pin through the two parts could retain the two ends in such position
which transverse pin or another similar pin could also be passed through the gutter
or through the felloe to prevent "creeping" and this pin or these pins could be
fitted with a screw nut or screw nuts or other appliance or appliances as may be
desired to secure it or them in position.
The tyre C therefore obviously can very easily and quickly be passed over the
gutter D and be placed on and round the felloe A and then the rod E is placed in
the gutter D round the wheel and is there secured as aforesaid when the tyre C is
very securely and efficiently connected with the felloe A and cannot be removed
therefrom or disconnected therewith by reason of the projecting flanged edge B
on the one side and the projecting longitudinal part of the rod E on the other side.
In Figure 2 I shew another very convenient and suitable form and style of
construction and arrangement and fitment of the felloe of the wheel according unto
which the one lateral edge F of such felloe A is simply flanged or turned up
outwardly from the centre or hub of the wheel preferably at the proper angle or
bevel duly to suit the particular sectional shape of the tyre C and this flanged
edge is so formed all round the wheel and is endless. The other lateral edge G
of the felloe A is similarly or complementarily but only very slightly or to a very
small extent flanged or turned up outwardly from the centre or hub of the wheel
and this very smally flanged edge G is similarly so formed all round the wheel and
is endless. A strip or riband H of metal or other suitable material and in transverse
section of an angled shape preferably at the complementary angle or bevel to that
of the flanged edge F is made of a similar size and this strip H can be passed
entirely round the wheel just inside the very smally flanged edge G of the felloe A
and it is of such a length that when the two ends thereof are secured together and
if desired to the felloe A or the very small flange G in manner as are the ends of
the rod E herein before described or otherwise this very smally flanged edge G will
surely and safely retain the strip H in position on the felloe A.
The tyre C therefore in this case also obviously can very easily and quickly be
passed over the very smally flanged edge G and be placed on and round the felloe A
and then the strip H is placed round the felloe A just inside the very smally flanged
edge G in such wise that the one part H' of this angled strip H is between the
lateral edge of the tyre C and the felloc A while the other part H' thereof extends
outwardly from the centre or hub of the wheel by the side of the tyre C and this
strip H is there secured as aforesaid when the tyre C is very securely and efficiently
connected with the felloe A and cannot be removed therefrom or disconnected
therewith by reason of the projecting flanged edge F on the one side and the
projecting part H³ of the strip H on the other side.
To give additional strength and rigidity to the fellow A when constructed
according to this style the two lateral flanged edges F and G thereof may be
extended inwardly towards the centre or hub of the wheel a certain small desired
distance and in this case when it may be deemed expedient so to do the strip H
may be secured to such extended flange G by studs and slots or by bolts and nuts
or by other suitable and ordinary or other means. and appliances which strip H
likewise may be endless.
I have thus described and I have shewn in the accompanying drawing two very
convenient and suitable forms and styles of construction and arrangement and
fitment of the felloe or rim and of the tyre of the wheel but I would have it clearly
understood as indeed is sufficiently obvious that I do in no wise limit myself exactly
and precisely thereto for the tyre in all cases and the felloe or rim and the flanged

page_text: lateral edge on the one side thereof and the gutter on the other side thereof with
the rod that is placed in the same as herein before described in relation to and in
respect of the Figure 1 and also the fellow or rim and the flanged lateral edge on
the one side thereof and the very smally flanged lateral edge on the other side
thereof with the angled strip that is placed inside the same as hereinbefore described
in relation to and in respect of the Figure 2 may respectively be constructed and
arranged and fitted in such a manner and of such forms and in such styles as may
be convenient or desirable or expedient in each particular case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. In the wheel of a velocipede or other road carriage the combination with a
tyre such as the tyre C of a felloe or rim such as the felloe A a flanged lateral
edge B on the one side of such felloe a gutter D on the other side of such felloe
and a rod E capable of being secured round the wheel in such gutter D substantially
as and for the purpose herein before described and declared.
2. In the wheel of a velocipede or other road carriage the combination with a
tyre such as the tyre C of a felloe or rim such as the felloe A a flanged lateral
edge F on the one side of such felloe a very smally flanged lateral edge G on the
other side of such felloe and an angled strip H capable of being secured round the
felloe of the wheel inside such very smally flanged lateral edge G substantially as
and for the purpose hereinbefore described and declared.
3. The improvements in or pertaining to the wheels of velocipedes and other road
carriages substantially as herein before described and shewn in the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this 31st day of July 1892
HART & Co.,
186, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agents.