An Improvement in Doweling the Felloes in Wheels of Carriages and similar Vehicles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 27th Apr., 1889
An Improvement in Doweling the Felloes in Wheels of Carriages
and similar Vehicles.
GEORGE WILKES 35, Richmond Street, Southampton, Hampshire, Coach Builder,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The dowels (e) are placed vertically at joints of felloes instead of the horizontal
position commonly used.
The tyre (F.) is fixed with an iron rivet (d.) passing through the centre of
dowel (c) and secured in belly of felloes with a longitudinal bur (e) Fig. 1.
Fig. 2. shewing the top of felloes with end of dowel (c) with hole for rivet (d).
Fig. 3. shewing the belly of felloes with the longitudinal bur (e) to which rivet (d.)
is secured; also shewing the bur covering the joint of felloes (g.).
Fig. 4. shewing end of felloe with dowel (entire) (c.) and rivet (d) passing through
same and longitudinal bur (e) attached.
The dowel (c) can be used without the rivet (d) passing through it, as tyre (F.)
can be fixed with rivets at any intermediate part of felloes or with nails in tang of
spokes (A.) or any part of felloes.
Dowels can be used to penetrate the full depth of felloes as in (Fig. 5.) but when
used in this way the tyre (F.) must be fixed with rivet passing through the dowels.
Dowels to be made of wood, iron or any suitable metal.
Felloes of wheels fixed at joints with dowels placed vertically cannot get out of
position, thereby preventing the irregularity common at front, back and bellies of
felloe joints; it also prevents the felloes splitting; all of which cannot be avoided
with the dowels placed horizontally.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Doweling the Felloes in Wheels of Carriages
and similar Vehicles.
GEORGE WILKES Coach Builder 35, Richmond Street Southampton Hants, 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 :-
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The drawings to be those left with the Provisional Specification.
In Fig. 1. the dowels (c) are placed vertically at joints of felloes instead of the
horizontal position commonly used.
The tyre (F) is fixed with an iron rivet (d) passing through the centre of dowel (c)
and secured in belly of felloes with a longitudinal bur (e).
Fig. 2. is shewing the top of felloes with end of dowel (c) with hole for rivet (d).
Fig. 3. is shewing the belly of felloes with the longitudinal bur (e.) to which
rivet (d) is secured, also shewing the bur covering the joint of felloes (.).
Fig. 4.) is shewing end of felloe with dowel (c) entire and rivet (d.) passing through
the same also longitudinal bur (e) attached.
The dowel (c) can be used without the rivet (d.) passing through, as tyre (F) can
be fixed with rivets at any intermediate part of felloes or with nails in tangs of
spokes (A) or any part of felloes.
Dowels can be used to penetrate the full depth of felloes as in (Fig. 5.) but when
used this way the tyre (F.) must be fixed with rivet (d) passing through the
dowels.
Dowels to be made of wood, iron or any suitable metal.
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
(1.) That dowel being placed vertically at joints of felloes prevents felloes from
shifting and splitting at the aforesaid joints, which is so common with dowel placed
horizontally.
(2.) That dowel may penetrate a part of or the whole depth of felloes.
(3.) That dowel can be used with rivet passing through tyre of wheel and dowel
and secured at belly of felloes with longitudinal bur.
(4.) That dowel penetrating a part only of felloes can be used (independently of
rivet and bur and tyre may be fixed with nails or rivets at any intermediate part
of fellocs..
(5.) That dowel can be made of wood, iron or any suitable metal.
(6.) That dowel can be used in wheels with 2 bent rims or with ordinary felloes.
Dated this 21st day of March 1889.
GEORGE WILKES,
Applicant.