Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1887-
Complete Left, 27th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 13th Apr., 1888
We, CHARLES ALLEN, of Mill Lane, Warrington, in the County of Lancaster,
Smith, and ANDREW RATHBONE, of 43 Arpley Street, Warrington, in the County
of Lancaster, Manager do hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be as
follows:-
Our Invention has for its object to construct wheels of velocipedes and other
wheels, such as machinery pulleys, so as to obviate warping, or buckling and to attain
rigidity and firmness with lightness.
According to our Invention the wheels are provided with hubs of such a length as
to permit of the spokes of the wheels being spread in the manner usual in velocipede
wheels. These hubs are preferably provided with dished flanges at the edges which
may be of serrated, or zig zag form and the spokes are arranged tangentially to the
hubs. To the dished flanges, the spokes (which are made of wire such as that usually
employed in velocipede wheels) are attached. This attachment is made by the wire
spokes being provided with suitable heads and passed through holes in the flanges.
The other end of the spokes are threaded and are attached to the rim of the wheel, or
pulley by being screwed therein.
In the case of velocipede wheels, the rim is thickened, or made thick enough at the
points of connection to provide the requisite amount of metal to screw the ends of
the spokes into, and the spokes in this case are preferably arranged cross wise laterally
as well as tangentially. At the points where the spokes cross one another they
are bound, or secured together by wire, or solder so as to prevent them turning and
becoming deranged, or loose. By these means great rigidity and firmness is provided
and resistance to the various stresses to which they are subjected is attained. Also
the spokes having no bends are straight throughout their length, and are not so liable
to crack and become broken.
Dated th
1 CR 1007

page_text: Improvements in the Construction of Velocipede and other Wheels
and Pulleys.
We, CHARLES ALLEN, of Mill Lane, Warrington in the County of Lancaster,
Smith and ANDREW RATHBONE, of 43 Arpley Street, Warrington, in the County of
Lancaster Manager do hereby declare the nature of our said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
Our Invention has for its object to construct wheels of velocipedes and other wheels
such as machinery pulleys, so as to obviate warping or buckling and to attain rigidity
and firmness with lightness.
According to our Invention the wheels are provided with hubs of such a length as
to permit of the spokes of the wheels being spread in the the manner usual in
velocipede wheels. These hubs are preferably provided with dished flanges the edges
of which may be of serrated or zig zag form and the spokes are arranged tangentially
to the hubs. To the dished flanges, the spokes (which are made of wire such as that
usually employed in velocipede wheels) are attached. This attachment is made by
the wire spokes being provided with suitable heads and passed through holes in the
flanges. The other end of the spokes are threaded and are attached to the rim of
the wheel or pulley by being screwed therein or vice versa.
In the case of velocipede wheels, the rim is thickened, or made thick enough at the
points of connection to provide the requisite amount of metal to screw the ends of
the spokes into, and the spokes in this case are preferably arranged cross wise laterally
as well as tangentially. At the points where the spokes cross one another they are
bound, or secured together by wire, or solder so as to prevent them turning and
becoming deranged, or loose. By these means great rigidity and firmness is provided
and resistance to the various stresses to which they are subjected is attained. Also
the spokes having no bends are straight throughout their length, and are not so liable
to crack and become broken.
Having thus specified generally the nature object and purposes of our Invention its
description will now be proceeded with in reference to the accompanying drawings
by way of explaining more fully the objects and effect of our Invention.
The accompanying drawings are marked with figures and letters of reference which
correspond with those used in the following explanation, like letters and figures being
used to denote like or corresponding parts throughout the various views.

page_text: Figure is a side
of same, an
Figure 4 is a cross section through one side of the hub.
Figure 5 shows in section a rim and spoke fastening according to our Invention.
Figure 6 represents an elevation of a machine pulley according to our Invention.
Figure 7 is a section at the line X X Figure 6.
Figure 8 is an elevation of a "split" machine pulley according to our Invention.
Figures 9 and 10 are cross sections of two kinds of rims of pulleys according to
our Invention.
Figures 11 and 12 are respectively end view and front elevation of the "split " hub
of the pulley shown in Figure 8.
With reference in the first instance to Figures 1 to 5 of the drawings a designates
the rim of the velocipede wheel, b the hub and c the spokes. It will be seen upon
reference to Figure 4 the hub is of dished form and its periphery or rim d to which
the spokes are secured is set angularly to the axis of the wheel. This is provided to
correspond with the angle at which the spokes are placed in it. The spokes care
secured to the triangularly shaped projecting pieces e of the hub b in which screwed
holes are provided to recieve the ends of the spokes which are of course also screwed.
Two sets of projections e lie on each side of the rim d and they incline in reverse
directions to each other. This is so arranged in order to apply the spokes on the
tangent principle, as illustrated in Figure 1.
The rim a of the wheel (see Figure 5) is provided with a thickened portion of
metal at its sides as shown to recieve and hold the ends of the spokes e which are
screwed into them. We prefer to cross the spokes as in Figure 5 to give the wheel
great stiffness and rigidity and thereby they are better prepared to withstand the
various stresses to which they are subjected.
Thus from the above description of the example of velocipede wheel with all our
improvements applied thereto it is seen that it consists of a hub b having two sets of
triangularly shaped projections lying in opposite directions, tangent spokes arranged
cross wise, and a rim having thickened sides to recieve the ends of the spokes, and
that such spokes are screwed into both the hub and the rim, which arrangement
entirely obviates the removal of the rubber tyre when replacing broken spokes.
In lieu of having the ends of the spokes screwed into the rim as above described
they may be secured to it by heads (f) shown in dotted lines in Figure 5 the opposite
ends of the spokes being screwed to the hub as described. In this case the rim would
not be provided with the thickened sides.
Referring now to the machine pulley illustrated in Figures 6 and 7 the hub of
this wheel is also constructed to recieve tangentially arranged spokes. For this object
it is provided with an angularly serrated flange or rim d from each serration of which
spring two spokes in opposite directions as shown. The ends of these spokes may be
connected to the rim d by beads formed on their ends or by screwing them into the
rim. The other end of the spokes are secured to the rim a of the wheel by screwing
them into the inner thickened portion a' thereof. This pully is what is known as a
solid pulley, but that illustrated in Figures 8 to 12 is what is termed a split pulley.
In order to apply our improvements to a wheel of this type and one of the "tangent
arrangement it must consist of a single tangent kind that is one in which the spokes
all run in the same direction in contra distinction to crossing spoke system as shown
in the other figures of the drawings. It is also further necessary in this type of
wheel to provide means by which the proper relative position of each half boss and
rim shall be maintained when the wheel is split, that is in halves. This end is obtained
by providing each half of the hub with a horn (7) and by providing spokes c', lying
in the reverse direction to the ordinary spokes c, and connected to the horn and the
rim as shown. Then each half of the wheel is made a rigid structure. The halves
are bolted together by the coupling flanges or snugs g and h. It will be observed in
this construction of wheel the hubs 6 are provided with a single set of projections e
instead of two sets as in Figures 1 to 5 but double sets may be employed for large
wheels. The spokes in this case are secured to the hubs by screwing their ends into
the projection e, whilst the opposite ends are provided with an enlarged countersunk

page_text: head (see Figures 9 and 10) which fits into a corresponding hole in the rim a.
The spokes are firmly held in place by nuts k.
In Figure 9 the rim is provided with a single interior thickened ring a¹ whilst in
Figure 10 two of such rings are shown. The first example is more suitable for
pulleys of small size and the latter for wheels of larger size. We would state in
conclusion that any existing kind of rim may be used in combination with the hub
herein described and it will be observed that we dispense with the use of nipples
in all cases.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our Invention
we declare that what we claim is:-
First. In a velocipede wheel the combination of rim, hub and spokes, arranged and
constructed and secured together substantially as set forth.
Second. A rim of a velocipede wheel provided with a thickined portion by and into
which the spokes of the wheel are secured substantially as set forth.
Third. The hub of a velocipede wheel provided with triangularly shaped projections
by and into which the spokes of the wheel are secured, substantially as set forth.
Fourth. In the velocipede wheel herein described, the fastening specified by which
spokes are secured to the hubs, that is by screwing the ends of the said spokes into
the rim and into projections formed upon the hub, substantially as set forth.
Fifth. The machine wheel or pulley herein described consisting of the combination
of a rim a over which the belt runs, spokes c of wire and a hub b the said spokes being
connected to the hub, and rim as or substantially as set forth.
Sixth. In a machine wheel or pully of the type herein described the construction
of hub set forth with reference to Figures 6 and 7 of the Drawings.
Seventh. In a machine wheel or pulley of the type herein described the construction
of hub and the arrangement and attachment of spokes to the said hub and the rim
of the pulley, substantially as set forth with reference to Figures 8 to 12 of
the Drawings.
Dated this 25th day of February 1888.