Improvements in Wheels for Cycles, Motor Cars, and other Vehicles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 30th June, 1898-Accepted, 3rd Sept., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wheels for Cycles, Motor Cars, and other Vehicles.
I, THOMAS HUGH PARKER, of the Manor House, Tettenhall, near Wolver-
hampton, in the County of Stafford, Electrical Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows;
This invention relates to the type of wheels for cycles, motor cars, and other
vehicles, in which the spokes, instead of being radial as in the common type of
wheel, are tangential to a circle which is concentric with the wheel hub. In this
type of wheel, as usually or frequently constructed, the methods usually practised
of connecting the spokes with the hubs, involving as they do, a sharp or sudden
turn of the wires at the points of connection with the hub, render the spokes very
liable to snap.
Now, this invention has for its object to avoid the above inconvenience by
connecting the spokes of a wheel with the hub thereof in an improved manner.
For the purpose of this invention, a single length of wire forms, as has some-
times heretofore been the case, two spokes the outer ends of which are connected
The middle
with the rim by means of nipples or in other convenient manner.
of the length of wire is curved round the back or inner side of a pin which is
carried by the two sides of a groove turned in the wheel hub. The angle which
the two spokes of a single length of wire make with one another, when fixed in
place, is bisected by the radial line passing through the centre of the pin round
the back of which the wire passes.
Grooves or notches are formed in the backs
of the pins to receive the wires.
The portion of wire which forms a pair of spokes, being connected with the
hub simply by curving it round the back of a pin, the spokes are not liable to
snap at their inner ends.
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STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Wheels for Cycles, Motor Cars, and other Vehicles.
I, THOMAS HUGH PARKER, of The Copthornes, Copthorne Road, Wolverhampton,
in the County of Stafford, (late of the Manor House, Tettenhall, near Wolver-
hampton aforesaid), Electrical 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 the type of wheels for cycles, motor cars and other
vehicles, in which the spokes, instead of being radial as in the common type of
wheel, are tangential to a circle which is concentric with the wheel hub. The
methods heretofore or usually practised of connecting the spokes with the hubs,

page_text: in such type of wheels, involve a sharp or sudden turn of the wires at the points
of connection with the hub, and render the spokes, consequently, very liable to
snap.
This invention has for its object improved means of connecting the spokes with
the hubs of the wheels, which avoid the inconvenience referred to and render the
spokes readily detachable from the hub.
These improved means consist, broadly, of pairs of flanges formed around the
hub leaving grooves between the flanges of each pair, and of pins which pass
across the grooves and are retained within the flanges. The wires of the spokes
pass behind the portions of the pins which are within the grooves and the inner
ends of the spokes are thereby securely connected with the hub.
A practical method of carrying out the invention is illustrated by the drawings
herewith, of, which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through the middle of the
wheel hub, shewing two of the spokes connected near to one end thereof, and
shewing the provision near the other end for receiving the spokes. Figure 2
is a transverse section, taken in a plane indicated by linea of Figure 1, but the
inner ends of the spokes are shewn in elevation and not partly in section as they
would appear in such plane. Figures 3 and 4 are enlarged reproductions of
portions of Figures 1 and 2, so as to clearly shew the joint between a pair of
spokes and the wheel hub.
The
For the purpose of this invention, a single length of wire forms, as has usually
heretofore been the case with wheels of this type, two spokes the outer ends of
which are connected with the rim by means of nipples or in other convenient
manner, or forms as has sometimes heretofore been the case the inner portions
of the lengths of two spokes which are connected with the outer portions of the
lengths by screwed connections. Around the hub A, and near each end thereof,
are formed a pair of flanges aa which leave between them a groove b.
middle portion of each wire forming a pair of spokes cc, or the inner portions of
the lengths of such spokes, is bent into a loop or eye d, and the groove b is of a
width to receive such eye. This eye and, consequently, the inner ends of the
two spokes
cc is fixed to a pair of flanges aa by means of a transverse pin e which
is passed through the flanges and eye; and the pin is securely prevented from
moving endways by forming it with a groove f within which a portion of the
back of the eye enters and acts as a key. Previously to passing the pin through
the flanges and eye, the eye must, of course, be sufficiently large or open to allow
the pin to pass through it, after which it may be bent closer, or to a smaller
diameter, that is to say, to the size and form shewn clearly by Figure 4.
The inner sides of each groove formed by a pair of flanges are formed to slant
towards the wheel rim, and are thus parallel, or approximately so, with the spokes
at the same side of the wheel, and pressure of the inner sides of such spokes against
the edge of the inner flange (which would tend to cut the spokes) is avoided.
Each pair of spokes formed with an eye at their inner ends is fixed to a pair of
flanges by means of a transverse pin in the manner described.
It is not essential to form a groove entirely around each pin, as a notch formed
at the back or inner side of the pin will suffice to receive the portion at the back
of the eye which acts as a key to the pin, but it will be found more convenient to
turn a groove around each pin than to form a notch therein.
The method described of holding the pins in place endways, is a very convenient
one, and renders the spokes very readily detachable from the hub; but the pins
may, of course, be held in any convenient manner, such for instance as by screwing
them.
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 means of atachment between the spokes and hub of a wheel, for a cycle,
motor car, or other vehicle, which comprise grooves formed by pairs of flanges

page_text: around the hub which receive the inner ends or bent portions of the spokes, and
pins which pass each through a pair of flanges and engage with the inner ends of
the spokes, substantially as described.
2. The means of attachment between the spokes and hub of a wheel, for a cycle,
motor car, or other vehicle, which comprise eyes formed with the wires of the
spokes, grooves formed by pairs of flanges around the hub which receive the eyes,
and pins each of which passes through a pair of flanges and through an eye,
substantially as described.
3. The means of attachment between the spokes and hub of a wheel, for a cycle,
motor car, or other vehicle, which comprise grooves formed by pairs of flanges
around the hub which receive the inner ends or bent portions of the spokes, pins
which pass each through a pair of flanges and engage with the inner ends of the
spokes, and grooves or notches formed in the pins with which the wires of the
spokes engage and prevent the pins moving endways, substantially as described.
4. The means of attachment between the spokes and hub of a wheel, for a cycle,
motor car, or other vehicle, which comprise eyes formed with the wires of the
spokes, grooves formed by pairs of flanges around the hub which receive the eyes,
pins each of which passes through a pair of flanges and an eye, and a groove or
notch formed in each pin into which a portion of the eye through which the pin
passes enters and prevents the pin moving endways, substantially as described.
5. The means of attachment between the spokes and hub of a wheel for a cycle,
motor car, or other vehicle, substantially as described and shewn by the drawings
herewith.
Dated this 28th dar of Lun 1000