Improvements in Carriage Wheels.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 1st Apr., 1892-Accepted, 7th May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carriage Wheels.
I KONRAD HAUSSNER, Engineer of Ingolstadt in the Empire of Germany do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention consists of improvements in the nave or hub of the wheel which
impart a considerable power of resistance to the weight which rests on the axle,
also in the spokes which are fixed to the felloes in a novel manner and in the
felloes themselves.
The naves or hubs consist of two wavy funnel shaped plates which are affixed
to a stem. These wavy funnel shaped plates form the principal characteristic of
the nave or hub. The plates are placed on a stem, one of the said plates being
placed against a ring which is at the further end of the stem.
Between the plates which are placed on the stem and the bases of which are
turned towards each other are made openings in pyramidal shape to receive the
spokes and in these openings the spokes are placed with screws to prevent them
from turning round.
The felloes are made of channel iron or steel that part of the channel iron
which is turned inward being covered with a metal plate. The screws are placed
in the felloes and in lips which catch in nuts making it impossible for the spokes
which are placed in the iron felloes to move in any direction.
The tops of the spokes are covered with a steel or metal shoc.
Dated this 4th day of Tul. 1801
HERBERT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carriage Wheels.
I KONRAD HAUSSNER, Engineer of Ingolstadt in the Empire of Germany 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 improvements in wheels suitable for any kind of
carriage but more particularly to gun carriages, vans and the like heavy vehicles.
The invention consists of improvements in the nave or hub of the wheel which
impart a considerable power of resistance to the weight which rests on the axle,
also in the spokes, which are fixed to the felloes in a novel manner, and in the
felloes themselves.
In the drawing hereto annexed,
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the nave of the wheel.
Figs. 2 and 2 represent part of the wheel in side elevation and in section and
Figs. 34, 3 and 4 are detail views of the parts which fix the spokes to the
felloes.
The naves or hubs consist of two radially corrugated slightly conical plates A. A¹
which are fixed to a central sleeve B. The shape of these plates A A¹ forms the
principal characteristic of the nave or hub. One of the said plates A rests against
a flange near the outer end of the sleeve B. The space between the two
plates A A' which are placed on the sleeve B so that their bases are turned
towards each other may be thought to consist of a number of similar angular spaces
and in these spaces a the spokes S are placed. The bases of the spokes rest on the
D

page_text: sleeve B and the spokes are so tapered as to fill completely the space between the
plates A A. Bolts & further secure the spokes and prevent them from turning
round. The felloes C are made of channel iron or steel that part of the channel
iron which is turned inward being covered with a metal plate c. Shoes D are
placed in the felloes, where the spokes are to be fixed these shoes having the
lips which engage in recesses making it impossible for the spokes which
are fixed in the shoes to move in any direction.
The interior of each shoe D is screw threaded and in it is screwed a screw
threaded socket E. The ends S2 of the spokes S are covered with steel or metal
ferrules S and engage in the sockets E. The spokes S are placed in position or if
worn out are renewed as follows. After undoing the bolts d and the ring 62 and
drawing back the plate A the cap E is screwed into the socket D and the ends S'
of the new spokes S are placed in the opening a between the plates A A¹ and
secured, when the ends of the spokes are in their place opposite the shoes D, the
socket E is screwed onto the ends of the spokes and the latter are fixed in the
channel iron felloes.
In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the spoke is screwed direct into the shoe D
so that the latter may be taken out with the spoke.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is.
In a wheel,
1. The two radially corrugated slightly conical plates A A' the bases of which
are turned towards each other and between which plates the spokes are placed and
retained substantially as set forth.
2. A nave consisting of two plates A A' on a stem or sleeve B, the plate A
resting against a fixed flange and the plate A' secured on the stem by a screw
threaded collar 62, said plates holding the spokes S in the space a between them.
3. The method of or means for fixing the spokes to the felloes by the shoes D
having lugs d engaging in recesses d² in the felloes and the sockets Ĕ in which the
ends S of the spokes S are inserted.
4. A wheel having a rim of channel iron with spokes fixed therein substantially
as set forth.
5. A wheel having a rim of channel iron and a hub comprising two plates A A¹
both adapted to receive & hold the spokes as herein described.
Dated this 1st day of April 1892.
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.