Improvements in Means for Packing Curved Surfaces, such as the Rims of Cycle Wheels, Bent Wood Furniture, and other Curved Articles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 1st Oct., 1898
Improvements in Means for Packing Curved Surfaces, such as the
Rims of Cycle Wheels, Bent Wood Furniture, and other Curved
Articles.
I, HEINRICH WOLLHEIM, of 344, Wilhelminenstrasse, Loschwitz, near Dresden,
in the Kingdom of Saxony and German Empire, Managing Director, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The rims of cycle wheels, bent wood furniture and other curved goods are
generally packed for transport and similar purposes in packing canvas or linen.
This packing material contains a great quantity of dust and, when used, clouds
of dust are formed which are annoying to the packers and injurious to their
health. Further this method of packing such curved articles requires the canvas
strips for wrapping around the rims of cycle wheels, to be very narrow so as to
allow of the strips to be passed between the parts such as the spokes of the
wheels for example; the time required for packing is therefore wastefully long.
Another disadvantage of the present method is that the linen or canvas does not
give sufficient protection against damage by rough handling.
This invention is designed to obviate the before mentioned disadvantages.
The material used for packing such rims and other suitable articles is a strip of
mill-board or similar material prepared so as to be adapted for the required
purpose.
The section of the wheel rim and the pneumatic tyre with which it is provided
is approximately circular, and the strip of mill-board is prepared so as to adapt
itself easily to the outline of the rim and tyre, and is applicable to other articles
of similar character.
In order that this invention may be the better understood, I now proceed to
describe the same in connection with a wheel, reference being had to the accom-
panying drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon. Like letters
refer to like parts in the various figures.
Figure 1 is a plan of the strip of mill-board.
Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section of the strip.
Fig. 3 shows a transverse section of the same, and
Fig. 4 illustrates part of a wheel having the rim packed with the strip.
The strip of mill-board or other suitable material is prepared in the following
manner. Longitudinal parallel incisions are made on one side of the strip.
Instead of the incision in the middle, a rolled stamped or set up groove a¹ may
be provided as shown in the drawings. A large number of parallel transverse
incisions or grooves are also cut, rolled, set up or otherwise made in the strip.
It is preferable to make these indents from the other side of the strip by stamping
or rolling without removal of material.
In consequence of the longitudinal incisions or indents the strip easily adapts
itself to the round section of the rim and tyre, and by means of the transverse

page_text: incisions or indents to the circular form of the wheel: the transverse indents
becoming enlarged or narrowed according as to whether the strip lies against the
outer or inner surface of the rim.
These strips of mill-board or other suitable material are prepared in great
lengths from which pieces are cut corresponding in length to the circumferences
of the wheels or size of other articles to be packed and placed around the parts
to be protected to which they are tied with string.
The strip is preferably applied so that the incisions are turned inwards, and
the open sides of the grooves are turned outwards.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven- 1
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is―
1st. Means for packing and protecting the rims of cycle wheels and other
curved articles, consisting of a strip of mill-board or other suitable equivalent
material having longitudinal incisions a a and transverse indents or grooves b
which strip is placed around the rim, or other articles, so as to be attached
thereto substantially as described.
2nd. A modification of the strips of mill-board or other equivalent material
claimed in Claim 1, in which a groove a¹ is provided instead of the middle longi-
tudinal incision, so as to maintain the full strength of the packing at the line
of greatest exposure to damage, substantially as described.
Dated this 10th day of August 1898.
FELL & JAMES,
Agents for the Applicant.