A Ball Bearing Chain for Reducing Friction, and Used for Driving Cycles or other Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 31st Aug., 1596-Accepted, 7th Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Ball Bearing Chain for Reducing Friction, and Used for Driving
Cycles or other Machines.
I, EDWARD HEWER of 24 High Street Eastleigh Hants Coach Maker and Cycle
Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A piece of steel, or other metal, rectangular or other shape, as may be required,
with a cavity near each end, in which a steel, or other metal ball works. The
balls are kept in the cavities, by a steel, or other metal plate which slides into
a groove at the top of rectangular piece, & is further kept in position by a steel,
or other metal rivet, passing through the rectangular piece.
The whole is so shaped, to fit between the teeth of driving wheels, and, also, to
allow free access of the teeth to the balls. A bearing link is thus made, which is
coupled to others of the same description, by steel, or other metal coupling plates,
halved & lapped over each other at the ends, & fastened to the links by rivets,
passing through rectangular piece, & side plate. The chain, is made up to the
length required by the links, so connected and formed into an endless chain if
required, by passing a bolt, with nuts, through coupling plates & link instead of a
rivet.
Dated this Thirtieth day of December 1895.
A Ball Bearing Chain for Reducing Friction, and Used for Driving
Cycles or other Machines.
EDWARD HEWER 24 High Street Eastleigh Hants Coachmaker and Cycle
Agent 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 :-
A piece of steel or other metal rectangular or other shape as may be required
Figs. 1 & 2 A with a cavity, near each end Fig. 1. B in which a steel or other
metal ball works Fig. 2. C. C.
The balls are kept in position by a steel or other metal plate which
slides into a grove at the top of rectangular piece and is further kept in
position by a steel or other metal rivet and rivets, passing through the rectangular
piece and I may prefer to use screws (Fig. 1 & 2 D) to keep balls in position, instead
of, or in conjunction with the side plate.
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or
The whole is so shaped Fig. 1 & 2 E to fit between the teeth of driving wheels
and to allow free access of the teeth to the balls. A bearing link is thus formed,
which is coupled to others of the same description by steel or other metal coupling
plates Fig. 1 F halved & lapped over each other at the ends and I may not lap them,
and fastened to the links, the rivet and rivets Fig. 1 & 2 G passing through rectangular
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page_text: The chain is made up to the length required by the links so connected and formed
into an endless chain if necessary by passing a rivet and a bolt with nut through
coupling plates & rectangular piece.
or
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
1st. A ball bearing chain consisting of the parts described arranged and
combined substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described X¹ &
shown.
2nd. In a chain described the method of allowing the balls to work freely in the
cavities of steel piece.
3rd. The method of keeping balls in position, in chain as hereinbefore described X'
and shown.
Dat this ooth I... s A1000
EDWARD HEWER.