AN IMPROVEMENT IN WHEELS
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Juhel, of Bordeaux, in the Empire of France,
Ironmaster, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN WHEELS."-A
communication from Mr. Mathurin Rives, of No. 46, Rue Planterose,
Bordeaux, Empire of France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henri Jubel at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd
May 1862.
I, HENRI JUHEL, of Bordeaux, in the Empire of France, Ironmaster, do
hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN WHEELS,"
to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of substituting for the ordinary flat band an elbowed
band of iron, steel, or any other metal for the wheels of every description of
carriages. To this effect I make the felly so as to receive the elbowed
metallic band which clamps to the outer and upper part of the felly to which
it adheres, without having recourse to the necessity of heating the metal, thus
avoiding the cineration or carbonization of the wood, and the inconveniences
that arise from the said cineration or carbonization of the felly; the band may
be made of one or several pieces. In the latter case the fastening is made at
every joint, but if made of one piece the band does not require to be fastened

page_text: to the felly at more than two places, that is to say, at both ends of the band
the felly is strengthened at the different places where it is to be fastened to
the band by a piece of metal, through which passes a bolt, to be screwed in the
internal part of the felly. Amongst the advantages of my Invention I mention
the greater strength of the band, which, supported by its angles is no more
subject to be lengthened and flattened by use, and can, therefore, be used till
completely worn out. Another advantage is the perfect adherence of the felly
to the band, besides remaining always in the same and invariable positions.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said. Henri Juhel in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 1st
. November 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRI
JUHEL, of Bordeaux, in the Empire of France, Ironmaster, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Henri Jubel, Her special licence that I, the said Henri
Juhel, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Henri Juhel, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN WHEELS," a communication from Mr. Mathurin Rives, of
No. 46, Rue Planterose, Bordeaux, Empire of France, upon the condition
(amongst others), that I, the said Henri Juhel, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I,. the said Henri Juhel, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-

page_text: formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists in substituting for the ordinary flat band an elbowed
concave band of iron, steel, or any other metal for wheels of every description
of carriages. To this effect I make the felly so shaped as it may receive the
elbowed concave metallic band which clamps to the upper part of the said
felly, to which it adheres without having recourse to the heating of the said
metallic band, thus avoiding the cineration or carbonization of the wood, and
the subsequent inconveniences that arise from the said cineration or car-
bonization. This cold process besides allows the use of steel for bands, which
steel has. been hitherto rejected for this manufacture, as it looses by the heating
process its primitive and peculiar qualities. The metallic band is made of one
piece, and does not require to be fastened to the felly at more than two places,
that is to say, at both ends of the band. At the place of fastening the felly
is strengthened by a piece of metal, through which passes a bolt, to be screwed
at the internal part of the felly; this strengthening piece is moreover fixed to
the metallic band by means of rivets or bolts, and steel pins. The fastening
might be made at different other places, where the felly is then strengthened
by a similar process. The metallic band might be made of several pieces,
and if so it is fastened to the felly at every joint. The fastening is effected
by means of an apparatus which will be hereafter described in the description
of Figures, or by any other suitable means.
DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES.
Figure 1 represents a segment of a wheel with its metallic band and its
strengthening piece; Figure 2, a section of the segment of a felly with its
band and its strengthening piece; Figure 3, a section of the metallic band;
Figure 4, the rivetting screw.
C is the felly, to which the metallic band A is fastened by means of a
rivetting screw O passing through the felly, the band, and the strengthening
piece B; S is a screw nut; F is a rivet or bolt; D is a steel pin; K is the
uave, and R, the spokes of the wheel. Figure 5 represents the wheel with
the fastening apparatus. X is a metallic ring, the two ends of which are
brought near each other by means of a screw V fixed at N, screwing at T, and
worked by a crank L; M is a double parallel rod fixed at Q, and leaving in
the middle an open space to introduce the rivetting screw; J is the joint
where the two ends of the metallic band join together.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of

page_text: performing the same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the new
elbowed concave bands, and their application to wheels of every description of.
carriages.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henri Jubel, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
HENRI JUHEL. (L.S.)