Improvements in and relating to Metal Rims and Wooden Tyres for the Wheels of Road Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 20th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 1st May, 1897
Improvements in and relating to Metal Rims and Wooden Tyres for
the Wheels of Road Vehicles.
1, ABRAHAM GOULD JENNINGS of Park Avenue and Hall Street Brooklyn,.
County of Kings, State of New York, U.S.A., Manufacturer, do hereby declare-
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention comprises a wheel rim of metal somewhat in the form of channel;
iron in cross section but with the two sides bent inwards the base being flat. This."
metal piece is struck from a single blank. In the dovetail recess of the wheel rim
are packed wood blocks which stand out from the rim and form the tread of the
wheel. Preferably there are as seen in cross section a central and two side wedge.
shaped blocks. These are placed round the wheel rim so as to break joint. The
wheel spokes are connected to the rim base.
Dated this 27th day of May 1896.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Metal Rims and Wooden Tyres for-
the Wheels of Road Vehicles.
I, ABRAHAM GOULD JENNINGS of Park Avenue and Hall Street, Brooklyn,
County of Kings, State of New York, U.S.A., Manufacturer, 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:-
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a wheel made in accordance with this
invention.
Fig. 2 a side elevation of the same.
Fig. 3 an enlarged plan view of a portion of the same.
a is the metal rim of the wheel somewhat in the form of channel iron in cross section,
but with the two sides a', as inclining towards each other, the base a' being flat.
This metal piece is preferably formed from a single blank struck in a transverse.
direction into angular form which is curved in the direction of its length. From
the restricted. opening between the sides a³, a³, are inserted into the rim,.
blocks b, b, b, of wood or other analogous material so as to project from the rim
and form the tread of the wheel. Of these blocks one b¹ is tapered and is flanked
on the two sides by filling or wedging blocks b, 63, of smaller cross section than the
block 6 against the sides of which they are laid so as to fill the entire space.
between the sides a², a³, with their bottom edges resting on the base a¹ of the-
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page_text: rim so that each block is supported. The blocks are shewn placed so as to
break joint.
The spokes c may be inserted into the rim and also into a suitable hub d.
In Fig. 1 metallic spokes are shown and in Fig. 2 the ordinary wood spokes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I am aware that it is
not broadly new to provide a metallic wheel rim having a filling of wood or
analogous material so I do not claim such a construction broadly but, I declare
that what I claim is :-
A wheel comprising a hollow metallic rim struck from a single piece in the
transverse direction and having a base a flat in cross section from which extend
straight sides a, a, inclined towards each other, filling blocks retained within the
rim, comprising a series of wedge shaped blocks 6' laid within the rim and flanked
on both sides by smaller filling or wedging blocks b, 63, each of which blocks is
supported upon the base a' of the rim and extends outside thereof to form the
tread of the wheel, and spokes connected with the rim, substantially as described
and shewn.
Dated this 20th day of February 1897.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.