IMPROVEMENTS IN WHEELS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, THOMAS PYE, of the Midland Sawing and Turning Mills, Mansfield in the
county of Nottingham, Bobbin and wood turner, do hereby declare the nature of
my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WHEELS," to be as follows:-
I construct each wheel of wood with a nave, spokes and fellows, the latter
dowelled together in the usual way, the circumference of the fellows has a groove
turned in it of a suitable depth and width to receive an endless india-rubber tyre,
and in the centre of the bottom of the said groove, I turn a smaller groove, of a
suitable width and depth to receive a circular, round wire tyre which is placed in
it while hot, this wire tyre is not an endless one, but is of such a length that one
end is turned at a right angle to itself, the hot length of wire has this angular piece
passed through one of two holes, drilled through one of the fellows and clamped
down on the inner side, the length of wire is then wrapped round the whole of the
fellows, and the opposite end being turned at a right angle is passed into the other
hole and also clamped down on the inner side, such tyre upon cooling will be found
to have drawn the whole of the fellows firmly together. By such means I construct
a strong light wood wheel having an endless india-rubber tyre especially suitable
to be employed in the manufacture of perambulators and other light carriages.
Dated 15
1 1004

page_text: I THOMAS PYE of the Midland Sawing and Turning Mills Mansfield in the
County of Nottingham Bobbin and Wood Turner do hereby declare the nature of
my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN WHEELS and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Figure 1 is a side view of one of my improved wheels with portion of one of the
fellows broken away to show the adjacent ends of a wire tyre I employ.
Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same wheel, I construct each wheel of wood
with a nave, spokes, and fellows the latter dowelled together in the usual way, the
circumference of the fellows has a groove turned in it of a suitable width and depth
to receive an endless india rubber tyre A and in the centre of the bottom of the
said groove I turn a smaller groove of a suitable width and depth to receive a
circular round wire tyre B which is placed in it while hot, this wire tyre is not an
endless one, but is of such length that after having each end turned down at a
right angle to the length of wire, while hot one turned down end is passed through
one of two holes drilled through one of the fellows and clamped down on the inner
side the length of wire is then wrapped round the whole of the fellows and the
other turned down end is passed into the other hole in the fellow and clamped
down on the inner side, such tyre upon cooling will be found to have drawn the
whole of the fellows firmly together, The india rubber tyre is then placed over the
wire tyre and the wheel is ready mounting on its axle.
By such means I am enabled to construct a strong light wood wheel provided
with an endless india rubber tyre especially suitable to be employed in the
manufacture of perambulators and other light carriages.
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: The improved wheel constructed substantially as described and
illustrated in the drawings annexed.
Dated this twelfth day of November 1884.