An Improvement in or connected with Spokes of Wheels.
Year: 1897

page_text: An Improvement in or connected with Spokes of Wheels.
I, WILLIAM JOHN SAGE, of 263, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, County of London,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to spokes of wheels, each spoke being composed of two
parts, viz. a tube and a rod within it, the two being cushioned by a spring held
between buffers on the inner ends of the tube and rod respectively for producing
resiliency in the wheel in the spokes themselves.
To carry my invention into practice, I arrange a series of tubes radially to the rim
or tyre of a wheel, each tube being of such length and having a bulged out head of
buffer like formation for a spring to bear against, the opposing buffer being on the
end or at some position of a rod which is connected or affixed to the hub, the
greater portion of the rod being within the tube for steadying it and maintaining
its relationship with the tube as a spoke. Two tubes of the desired length can
however be fitted, one to the rim or tyre, and one to the hub, and each can be
provided with a buffer shape of head with an inner rod or two smaller tubes
telescoping one on the other as the stiffener to the tubes and itself or themselves,
and also as guides for the spring placed between the heads of the two outer
tubes.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said William John Sage.
An Improvement in or connected with Spokes of Wheels.
I, WILLIAM JOHN SAGE, of 263, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, County of London,
Engineer, 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:-
This invention relates to spokes of wheels, each spoke being composed of two
parts, viz. a tube and a rod within it, the two being cushioned by a spring held
between buffers on the inner ends of the tube and rod respectively for producing
resiliency in the wheel in the spokes themselves.
To carry my invention into practice, I arrange a series of tubes radially to the rim

page_text: or tyre of a wheel, each tube being of such length and having a bulged out head or
buffer like formation for a spring to bear against, the opposing buffer being on the
end or at some position of a rod which is connected or affixed to the hub, the
greater portion of the rod being within the tube for steadying it and maintaining
its relationship with the tube as a spoke. Two tubes of the desired length can
however be fitted, one to the rim or tyre, and one to the hub, and each can be
provided with a buffer shape of head with an inner rod, or two smaller tubes
telescoping one on the other as the stiffener to the tubes and itself or themselves,
and also as guides for the spring placed between the heads of the two outer
tubes.
My invention will be clearly understood by reference to the annexed drawings
which represent in diagram the various methods or arrangements set forth in my
Provisional Specification a copy of which precedes this.
A, Figure 1, represents a tube from the rim B. C, a rod from the hub D), a
portion of which rod C rides in and is guided by the tube A. E, E, are heads,
one on the tube A, and one on the rod C with a spring F encircling the rod C
and abutting against the heads E, E, from which springs resiliency is obtained.
Figure 2 is an example of the reverse of the above, i.e. the tube A is from
the hub D, and the rod C from the rim B, the spring F, as before, being between
the heads E, E.
Figure 3 shows a tube A¹ from the hub D, and another tube A from the rim B,
the ends of the rod C being within and guided by the tubes A¹ and A respectively
with an intermediate head G on the rod C in conjunction with the heads E, E,
of the two tubes A', A, as resistance to the spring F and to produce resiliency to
the wheel and ease to the rider while travelling.
According to Figure 4, I represent a tube A from rim B, another tube A¹ from
the hub 1 with a tube A2 having the ends in both of them as guides and en-
circled by a spring F which has play between the heads E, E.
Figure 5 indicates an example of spoke consisting of two tubes A, A¹, one from
the rim B, and one from the hub D with the ends of a single tube A² riding in
each said tube A2 having a mid-head G in addition to the heads E, E, on the
tubes A, A¹. H, H, are the nuts, which secure the rod C or the tubes A, A¹, to
the rim D.
Figure 6 shows two tubes A, A', from the rim 13 and from the hub D respectively
with the ends of a rod C riding in both tubes as a guide and stiffener to the
tubes A, A1.
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The various methods of making resilient spokes for wheels as shown on the
drawings may be employed in the same wheel, but preferably only one of the
methods would be used in all the spokes of the same wheel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
.
Each and all of the compound spokes shown on the annexed drawings consisting
of alternate rods C and tubes A, A', with an intervening rod or tube A² encircled
by a spring or springs for producing resiliency in a wheel in the manner described.
ן
day of september 1990.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said William John Sage.