Improvements in Wheels for Carriages, Omnibuses, and other like Vehicles.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wheels for Carriages, Omnibuses, and other like
Vehicles.
I, JANE BROAD-SMITH, of 229, Westbourne Grove, in the County of London,
Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in wheels for carriages, omnibuses and
other like vehicles, which consists principly in the construction of the hub
to receive the ends of steel spokes corrugated with or without a flange on each
side of the corrugation. Each spoke is constructed in two parts and are then bent
round a template or tool so as to form an isosceles triangle with the corners
rounded.
The free ends of the spokes are then placed in suitable sockets cut or formed
in a divisional hub hereinafter described.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct the hub in three pieces
(or more) as follows:-Firstly, the main part of the hub is formed up to the
centre line or periphery of the sockets to receive the spokes with a shoulder
having radiated divisions or compartments to receive half the spokes, and beyond
this said shoulder is a long tubular projection with a small shoulder towards the
end or thereabouts; the end of this said tube is provided with a deep cut male
screw. I then slip a loose collar, cut with corresponding divisions or compart-
ments so as to fit rigidly between and around the ends of the above described
spokes and fix the whole together by means of a circular nut of any suitable
shape with a female thread at one end, this said nut when screwed home may be
fixed in its position by set screws or by any other means.
The rim of the wheel is fitted to the outside face of the segments of the
corrugated steel parts, thus the hub, rim and spokes are rigidly fixed together
which may be secured by rivetting or otherwise.
Dated this 5th day of April 1898.
JANE BROAD-SMITH,
Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wheels for Carriages, Omnibuses, and other like
Vehicles.
I, JANE BROAD-SMITH, of 30, Lillie Road, Earl's Court, late of 229, Westbourne
Grove, in the County of London, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature
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page_text: of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in wheels for carriages, omnibuses and
other like vehicles, which consists principally in the construction of the hub
to receive the ends of steel spokes corrugated or plain with or without a flange on
each side of the corrugation. Each spoke is constructed in two parts and is then bent
round a template or tool so as to form an isosceles triangle with the corners
rounded.
The free ends of the spokes are then placed in suitable sockets cut or formed
in a divisional hub hereinafter described.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a front elevation of the wheel.
Fig. 2, is one half in section and one half in elevation of the hub of the
wheel.
Fig. 3, is one half the end view and one half in section.
Fig. 4, is a section of the spoke on line A B, drawn to an enlarged scale
showing the right and left hand overlap.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct the hub in several pieces
as follows: Firstly the main part of the hub e is formed up to the centre line
or periphery of the sockets p to receive the spokes a with a shoulder having
radiated divisions or compartments to receive half the spokes, and beyond this
said shoulder is a long tubular projection c with a small shoulder towards the end
or thereabouts: the end of this said, tube c is provided with a deep cut male
screw. I then slip a loose collar f cut with corresponding divisions or compart-
ments so as to fit rigidly between and around the ends of the above described
spokes and fix the whole together by means of a circular nut g of any suitable
shape with a female thread, this said nut when screwed home may be fixed in its
position by set screws or by any other means. At the extreme end of the tube c
I screw a cap hoop k with a left hand thread.
Inside the hub e and tube c I line with wood packing hand inside the said
packing I fix the axle box i.
Each spoke a is constructed in two parts; in order to effect this, I first corrugate
longitudinally pieces of flat steel and form a turned in or overlapped flange on
each side, one flange j being made small and the other flange d a large one,
in order that when the two sides of a spoke is put together, the small flange on
either side of the spoke shall be enclosed in the inside of the large flange.
The flanges which are formed on each side of the longitudinal corrugations
(or tubular) will constitute a cylindrical spoke with lateral ribs. The ribbed or
flanged sides of the spokes are secured together by fitting one side into the other
in the manner above described.
The rim of the wheel is fitted to the outside face of the segments of the
corrugated steel parts, thus the hub, rim and spokes are rigidly fixed together
which may be secured by rivetting or otherwise.
The spandrels are filled in with strips of steel, india rubber, vulcanite, wood
or of any other suitable material.
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. The wheel hub substantially as above described in this specification and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
2. In wheels, the combination of the flat steel circular spokes with the turned
in or overlapped flanges on each side one flange being made small and the other
a large one, in order that when the two sides of a spoke are put together, the

page_text: small flange on either side of the spoke shall be enclosed in the inside of the
flange, substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
3. In hubs for wheels, the combination of the axle box 2, the wood packing h
and the hub e with the long tubular projection c, the shoulder loose collar f
sockets p circular nut g and cap k, substantially as described and according to
Figs. 2, and 3, of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 19th dor of Tonu 1800
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.