Improvements in and relating to the Felloes of Wheels.
Year: 1899

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by GEORGE A. SMITH, of 339, West Lake Street,
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Rubber Goods Manufacturer.]
Improvements in and relating to the Felloes of Wheels.
I, JOHN THOMAS KNOWLES, Trade Marks Agent, of the Firm of D. Young &
Co., of 11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., 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:-
Where a wooden wheel rim or felloe is provided with a metal felloe band or
rim adapted to provide an annular seat for an elastic tire, the wooden felloe will
at times have a tendency to expand as the result of exposure to water, as for
example when used in rainy weather. As the metal restraining rim or band
prevents expansion in an outward diametric line, the expansion toward other
available sides of the felloe will tend to contract or compact the wood at points
and in such a way that when the felloe becomes dry and contracts, it will con-
tract away from the metal rim or band and leave the latter more or less loose on
the felloe.
Objects of my invention are to overcome such difficulties, and at the same time
provide means whereby elastic tires capable of comparatively little elastic stretch
can be readily applied and locked upon wheels.
To the attainment of the foregoing and other useful ends, the perimeter of the
wooden felloe is beveled at opposite sides of a longitudinal center line so as to
form annular beveled seats for a rim comprising a couple of metal clamp rings
adapted when in place to conjointly form a suitable retaining channel for the
base portion of an elastic tire. These rings are adjustably tied together by
screws or bolts, and in the event of shrinkage of the wood, they can be adjusted
with reference to such shrinkage. Said rings can also be detached so as to permit
the tire to be applied or put on as desired.
In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is a section taken transversely through a tire, felloe and sectional tire-
holding metal rim composed of two rings or annular sections.
Fig. 2 is a like view with the tire omitted.
Fig. 3 is a section on line - in Figure 2.
The elastic tire A may be of the pneumatic, cushion or solid type. The wooden
felloe B, is understood to be annular, as usual, and is double beveled along its
perimeter, that is to say, it has two beveled face or peripheral portions b, b,
respectively opposite a line extending centrally and longitudinally along its
perimeter.
The metal felloe-band or rim C is sectional, being composed of a pair of
annular sections or rings c, c, having their annular inner sides beveled to fit the
bevel face portions of the wooden rim or felloe. The outer or peripheral sides
or faces of these rings or sections are transversely concaved or recessed so that
when in place upon the felloe, said rings or sections will provide an annular
channel in which the base-portion of an elastic tire can be seated and held. The
rings or sections are adjustably tied together by screws or bolts D, a preferred

page_text: arrangement being to transversely bore the rings or sections for bolts having
threaded ends for tightening nuts d, and to countersink the sides of, the rings
or sections so as to provide recesses in which the heads of the bolts and the
tightening nuts can be recessed as illustrated. The rings or annular sections are
primarily arranged with a small space between them, whereby, in the event of
shrinkage on the part of the wooden felloe, the rings or sections can be adjusted
the one toward the other..
To apply the tire, in case it is not sufficiently elastic to permit it to be con-
veniently stretched and sprung upon the metal rim, one section of such metal
rim can be detached, and after placing the tire in proper position, the section
thus removed can be again applied and the two sections can then be tied together
by the bolts.
By tightening up the nuts the rings or sections can be drawn together and
firmly clamped upon the felloe, and should the latter shrink, the nuts can be
further tightened up so as to again cause the sections to firmly bind upon
their seats.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is: -
1. A wooden felloe having its perimeter beveled at each side of a center line,
and a channeled metal rim comprising a couple of rings or annular sections fitted
to seat upon the beveled portions of the felloe and adapted when in place thereon
to conjointly form an annular channel for the base portion of an elastic tire;
said rings or sections being adjustably held upon the felloe by bolts or screws.
2. A wooden felloe having its perimeter beveled at each side of a center line,
and a channeled metal rim comprising a couple of rings or sections adjustably
drawn the one toward the other and clamped upon the felloe by bolts and
tightening nuts; the inner sides of the rings or sections being beveled in con-
formity with and fitted to the beveled portions of the felloe, and having their
outer sides adapted to conjointly provide a channel for receiving the base portion
of an elastic tire, and said rings or sections being primarily applied with an
intervening space.
3. The combination of a wooden felloe having annular, beveled peripheral
seats respectively at opposite sides of a center line; a sectional metal rim pro-
viding an annular channel and composed of a couple of rings or annular sections
having inner beveled sides fitted to the bevels of the wooden felloe; tie-bolts and
nuts whereby the rings or annular sections are adjustably clamped upon the
wooden felloe and an elastic tire having its base portion held within the annular
channel of the sectional metal rim.
Dated this ofth day of Cantonal 1000
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.