Year: 1886

page_text: I ALFRED THOMAS ANDREWS of 144 Tenant Street, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Machinist do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
In manufacturing a wheel according to my invention I first prepare two flat
eircular discs of sheet metal by cutting out with circular shears or other approved
means. The diameter of these discs is somewhat larger than that of the finished
wheel. I then give to each of these discs a dished form by spinning, stamping or
raising. I next give to each disc by stamping or other appropriate means a series
of corrugations running radially from near the centre to near the circumference,
each set of corrugations being where a spoke will occur in the finished wheel.
The next step is to remove by piercing or cutting out the approximately triangular
piece of metal between each set of corrugations and also a circular piece at the
centre of each disc. The two discs are then laid one against the other with their
hollow or dished sides inwards and the hub hereinafter described placed in the
centre in the manner hereinafter described, the spokes being also arranged as usual
alternately one on each side. The two discs are then united to each other near
their circumference by brazing, soldering, rivetting or by a combination of any of
these methods; the outer parts of the circumferences forming the part of rim of the
wheel is then formed in a well known manner to the shape of the bottom of a
"crescent" section rim the top part being made separate and put on over it and
soldered, or tightly bent over it-Or the lower part of the rim may be formed of
such a section as to bulge out below the top part of the rim and by having a
suitable bent in part all the way round it supports the top part of the rim over
which it also laps and to which it is firmly secured. The hub of the wheel
previously alluded to has a fixed collar near one end and a screwed part projecting
beyond it provided with a suitable nut-the other end of the hub is screwed for a
considerable distance along and is provided with two nuts. When the wheel is
put together the first disc is put on the first named end of the hub and secured
with the nut. The second disc is afterwards put on the other end of the hub

page_text: between the two nuts on the other or long screwed end of the hub. It will readily
be understood that by screwing the last mentioned nuts in a direction away from
the other end of the hub, the effect will be to separate the centres of the two
dished discs of which the wheel is composed and thereby tightening the spokes
and making all stiff and rigid.
THOS KENDRICK,
Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in the manufacture or Wees applicable
Perambulators, Velocipedes, and other Purposes.
I, ALFRED THOMAS ANDREWS of 144 Tenant Street Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:—
In manufacturing a wheel according to my invention I first prepare two flat
circular discs of sheet metal by cutting out with circular shears or other approved
means. The diameter of these discs is somewhat larger than that of the finished
wheel. I then give to each of these discs a dished form by spinning, stamping or
raising. I next give to each disc by stamping or other appropriate means a series
of corrugations running radially from near the centre to near the circumference,
each set of corrugations being where a spoke will occur in the finished wheel. The
next step is to remove by piercing or cutting out the approximately triangular
piece of metal between each set of corrugations and also a circular piece at the
centre of each disc-The two discs are then laid one against the other with their
hollow or dished sides inwards and the hub hereinafter described placed in the
centre, in the manner hereinafter described, the spokes being also arranged as
usual alternately one on each side. The two discs are then united to each other
near their circumference by brazing, soldering, rivetting or by a combination of
any of these methods-the outer parts of the circumferences forming the part of
rim of the wheel is then formed in a well known manner to the shape of the
bottom of a "crescent" section rim the top part being made separate and put on
over it and soldered, or tightly bent over it,-Or the lower part of the rim may be
formed of such a section as to bulge out below the top part of the rim and by
having a suitable bent in part all the way round it supports the top part of the
rim over which it also laps and to which it is firmly secured-The hub of the
wheel previously alluded to has a fixed collar near one end and a screwed part
projecting beyond it provided with a suitable nut-the other end of the hub is

page_text: pierced, as e-the said rim c having inbent edges m for gripping the rubber tyre k
as Figs. 6 and 7, or as the form j in Figs. 8 and 9 as hereinbefore described and
shewn.
2nd. The construction of the hub n with the fixed collar o and the screwed
parts p and with the outside nut q and the inside nut 8 with the screwed cap u
as herein before described and shewn.
3rd. The general combination or arrangements of parts as described in the
foregoing Specification and shewn on the annexed sheet of drawings, the whole
forming Improvements in the manufacture of wheels applicable to perambulators
velocipedes ond other purposes.