Improvements relating to the Wheels of Road and other Vehicles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left 19th Oct. 1899-Accepted. 25th Nov.. 1899
I, THOMAS SCOTT, of 6, Colville Terrace, Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex,
Retired Fleet Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention relates to the method of mounting and arranging the wheels of
vehicles.
The wheel is free to turn on a sleeve through which the springs pass and is
held in place by end plates each secured by a cottar passing through the springs
or if one of the plates be fixed to the sleeve only a single cottar is necessary. The
ends of the springs carry pins free to slide in horizontal guides. In addition to the
springs passing through the wheel and sleeve other springs may be provided on
each side of the wheel.
In the case of swivelling wheels the guides or other attachments for the ends of
the springs are carried by a horizontal ring free to revolve in a circular guide.
The greater part of the weight of the vehicle and its load is carried by a large
nearly central wheel. On each side of the vehicle there is a small steadying wheel
and at one end a swivelling wheel.
Owing to the way in which the wheels are mounted the floor of the vehicle may
be and preferably is below the centre of the large wheel and only slightly above
the centres of the other three.
1000
COMPLEIE DI MUITIVATION
Improvements relating to the Wheels of Road and other Vehicles.
I, THOMAS SCOTT, of Heath Cottage, Potters Cross, Iver Heath, formerly of
6, Colville Terrace, both in the County of Middlesex, Retired Fleet, Engineer, 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 the method of mounting and arranging the wheels
of vehicles.
Figure 1 is an end elevation, Figure 2 a side elevation and Figure 3 a plan of
a wheel with the parts connected to it constructed according to this invention.
Figure 4 is a vertical section of the wheel and sleeve and Figure 5 is an end view
of the sleeve.

page_text: The wheel a is free to turn on a sleeve 6 through which the springs c and d
pass and is held in place by end plates e each secured by a cottar f passing through
or between the springs or if one of the plates e be fixed to the sleeve b only a
single cottar is necessary. The ends of the springs e carry pins g free to slide in
horizontal guides h. In addition to the springs passing through the wheel and
sleeve other springs may be provided on each side of the wheel.
The ends of the springs dare connected by links j to the pins g. k is a plate
between the springs c and d and having holes in it through which the cottars f
pass.
The sleeve b has lugs b¹ on it which engage with corresponding notches in the
end plates e so that the sleeve is prevented from turning.
In the case of swivelling wheels the guides h or other attachments for the ends
of the springs are carried by a horizontal ring free to revolve in a circular guide m.
The greater part of the weight of the vehicle and its load is carried by a large
nearly central wheel. On each side of the vehicle there is a small steadying wheel
and at one end a swivelling wheel.
Owing to the way in which the wheels are mounted, the floor of the vehicle may
be and preferably is below the centre of the large wheel and only slightly above
the centres of the other three.
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 combination of a wheel free to turn on a sleeve and a spring passing
through the sleeve.
2. The arrangements of wheels and springs substantially as described and illus-
trated in the drawings.
3. The method of supporting vehicles substantially as described.