Improvements in the Wheels of Carts and other Vehicles.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATIVA.
Improvements in the Wheels of Carts and other Vehicles.
I, ERNEST HORA, of 1, Lyndhurst Square, Peckham, in the County of Surrey,
Master Coachbuilder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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My present invention relates to the wheels of carts, carriages, gun-carriages,
and other vehicles, and it has for its object improvements in the methods of con-
structing such wheels, by which they are rendered very strong and durable, and
effective for the purposes required.
Supposing that my invention is to be applied to an ordinary cart-wheel, I make
the hub in the usual way and of the usual materials, and into its circumference
I mortise and fit and fix a sufficient number of wooden spokes of the usual kind.
I make the rim of the wheel of iron or steel, or other suitable metal, H-shaped
(or double-channelled) in section, the depth of the outer channel being the same
as, or greater or less than, the inner one. In the channel on the inner side of the
rim I fit a number of sockets to receive the outer ends of the spokes of the wheel
which are strongly and firmly let into them. The sockets are made of iron or
other suitable metal or material, and are provided with flanges which fit between
the edges of the inner channel, but are of sufficient length longitudinally to receive
bolts or rivets passing through holes in them and in the channelled rim, by which
they are securely bolted or rivetted to the latter.
In the outer channel of the rim I fit a tire of wood, or other suitable somewhat
yielding material, or of leather, or indiarubber, the outer diameter of which pro-
jects sufficiently beyond the outer diameter of the flanges of the rim, and outside
the wooden or other tire described I fit finally a hoop or tire of iron or steel, or
if indiarubber is used instead of wood in the outer channel, it may run directly
upon the road without being fitted with an outer hoop.
The double channel-sectioned rim may be made in two or more pieces, the junc-
tion of the adjoining ends of such pieces being opposite to the outer ends of a
corresponding number of the spokes, and the bolts which pass through the flanges
of the sockets and through the channelled rim hold the different parts strongly,
securely, and durably together.
The outer end of one or both of the bolts so passing through the flange of the
sockets may be extended outward and pass through the wood or other material
in the outer channel, and also through the outer hoop, the outer ends of the said
1ts being made conical and being driven in from the outside.
Or, conical bolts of the kind described passing through the outer hoop, the
wooden tire, and the channel-sectioned rim may be used between the spokes
instead of, or as well as, those passing through the flange of the sockets.
The details of the invention may be varied more or less. For instance, instead
of the rim having a double-channelled section, it may have an outer channel only,
its inner side against which the flanges of the socket fit and are fastened-being
straight, or more or less convex, in cross section. The outer edge of the outer

page_text: hoop may be made to project laterally slightly beyond the tire, its edge being
somewhat rounded.
The improved wheel is very strong and durable, and can be readily taken apart
for the repair or renewal of any of its parts if necessary.
Dated this 21st day of March 1898.
EDWARDS AND CO.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.
improvements in the wheels of Carts and other venicies.
I, ERNEST HORA, of 1, Lyndhurst Square, Peckham, in the County of Surrey,
Master Coachbuilder, 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, and accompanying drawing, that is to say:-
My present invention relates to the wheels of caris, carriages, gun-carriages,
and other vehicles, and it has for its object improvements in the method of con-
structing such wheels, by which they are rendered very strong and durable, and
effective for the purposes required.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of my invention, Figure 1 being
a front view of a wheel; Figure 2 a vertical transverse section; Figures 3 and 4
are sections, on a larger scale, of the compound rim of the wheel.
Supposing that my invention is to be applied to an ordinary cart-wheel, I make
the hub a in the usual way and of the usual materials, and into its circumference
I mortise. and fit and fix a sufficient number of wooden spokes 6 of the usual kind.
I make the rim c of the wheel of iron or steel, or other suitable metal, H-shaped
(or double-channelled) in section, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, the depth of the
outer channel being the same as, or greater or less than, the inner one. In the
channel on the inner side of the rim I fit a number of sockets d to receive
the outer ends of the spokes b of the wheel which are strongly and firmly let into
them. The sockets d are made of iron or other suitable metal or material, and
are provided with flanges e, which fit between the edges of the inner channel of
the rim c, but are of sufficient length, longitudinally, to receive bolts or rivets f, f',
passing through holes in them and in the channelled rim c, by which they are
securely bolted or rivetted to the latter.
In the outer channel of the rim c I fit a tire g of wood, or other suitable some-
what yielding material, or of leather, or indiarubber, the outer diameter of which
projects sufficiently beyond the outer diameter of the flanges of the rim c, and
outside the wooden or other tire g described I fit finally a hoop or tire h of iron or
steel. Or, if indiarubber is used instead of wood in the outer channel, it may
run directly upon the road without being fitted with an outer hoop.
The double channel-sectioned rim c may be made in two or more pieces, the
junction of the adjoining ends of such pieces being opposite to the outer ends of
a corresponding number of the spokes b, and the bolts f which pass through the
flanges e of the sockets d and through the channelled rim c, hold the different
parts strongly, securely, and durably together.
The outer end of one or both of the bolts f so passing through the flange e of
the sockets d may be made of sufficient length to pass through the wood or other
material in the outer channel, and also through the outer hoop h, the outer ends
of the said bolts being made conical and being driven in from the outside, as
shown at k.
Or, conical bolts of the kind described passing through the outer hoop h, the

page_text: wooden tire g, and the channel-sectioned rim c may be used between the spokes b
instead of, or as well as, those passing through the flanges e of the sockets d.
The details of the invention may be varied more or less. For instance, instead
of the rim c having a double-channelled section, it may have an outer channel
only, its inner side against which the flanges e of the sockets d fit and are
fastened-being straight or more or less convex in cross section. The outer edge
of the outer hoop h may be made to project laterally slightly beyond the tire, as
shown at l, its edge being somewhat rounded.
The improved wheel is very strong and durable, and can be readily taken apart
for the repair or renewal of any of its parts if necessary.
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 improved wheel, consisting of the combination of the hub a, spokes b,
flanged sockets d, channelled rim c, tire g, and outer hoop h, substantially as
described and illustrated.
2. In combination with the flanged sockets d, and channelled rim c, the rivets
or bolts f, f', substantially as described and illustrated.
3. In combination with the flanged sockets d, channelled rim c, tyre g, and
outer hoop h, the bolts f having conical ends k, substantially as described and
illustrated.
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EDWARDS AND Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.