Improvements in Connecting the Spokes with Felloes (or Rims) for Carriage Wheels and Wheels of other Vehicles.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Connecting the Spokes with Felloes (or Rims) for
Carriage Wheels and Wheels of other Vehicles.
I WILLIAM BRADFIELD BATH of 14 Broad Street King's Lynn Norfolk,
Carriage Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to get a firm, strong and fixed connection of
spoke with felloe (or rim) without making holes in the felloe (or rim) to receive the
spoke ends and by placing alternate spokes under joint of felloe (or rim).
This I accomplish by the application of an iron "socket clip" the socket fitting
firmly on the end of the spoke and the clip part receiving the felloe wedged
into it.
These clips can be fixed in position by pressure only, or if required by a small
bolt passing through clip and felloe or by a projecting edge on top part inside of
clip.
The iron or other tires to be fixed in the ordinary way, solid india rubber or
pneumatic tires for wheels I construct on the same principle connecting the ordinary
iron Urim direct with the iron "socket clip" so that the iron rims shall receive
the rubber.
The great advantage of this invention is to abandon the usual holes made in
felloe (or rim) to receive the spoke ends thus weakening the felloe and relaxing the
spokes.
The spoke in such position with the felloe being strengthened by the application
of the iron "socket clip" also the spoke being under the joint of the felloe prevents
felloe dropping and thus both are firmly held together, and in the case of india
rubber or pneumatic tires are used the usual wood felloe (or rim) is not necessary,
the iron Urim receiving the rubber as the connection can be made direct with the
iron Urim as above.
Dated this Second day of January 1895.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Connecting the Spokes with Felloes (or Rims) for
Carriage Wheels and Wheels of other Vehicles.
I WILLIAM BRADFIELD BATII, of 14 Broad Street, King's Lynn in the County
of Norfolk, Carriage Manufacturer, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to get a firm, strong and fixed connection of
spoke with felloe (or rim) without making holes in the felloe to receive the
spoke-ends.
This I accomplish by the application of an iron socket clip, the socket fitting
firmly on to the end of the spoke, and the dip part receiving the felloe wedged

page_text: And in order that my invention may be more clearly understood I will now
proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings accompanying this
Specification in which
Fig. 1 shews elevation of metal socket.
Fig. 2 elevation of another form of socket.
Fig. 3 socket as in Fig. 1 fitted to felloe and spoke of wheel.
Fig. 4 similar view but shewing a socket as represented at Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 section of felloe and socket (as shewn in Fig. 3) attached.
The same letters of reference are employed to denote the same parts in all the
views.
a shews a socket formed of metal, 6 shews the spoke of wheel, c felloe of wheel,
d wedge piece, e spike, flugs or clip pieces, gg projections.
The spoke 6 of wheel is forced into the socket a, and the clip portions are
forced over the felloe e, the felloe being cut of a dove-tail or wedge form. The
wedge d is driven into a slot made in the end of the spoke.. This may be done
at the same time as the socket is forced on, as the wedge piece may either be formed
in the socket piece a, or may be made independent thereof. This would have the
effect of wedging the end of the spoke b tightly into the socket a.
In order to better secure the felloe to the socket I may employ bolts and nuts
(as at Fig. 4) passing through the projections gg and the felloe of wheel, or I may
have bolts and nuts passing through the clip pieces fand felloe c of wheel as shewn
at Fig. 5.
In order to adapt my invention to U rims, such as are provided with pneumatic
or cushion tyres, suitably connect the socket pieces to such rims, and fix the
spokes therein as before described.
By this invention the usual holes made in the felloe to receive the spokes are
dispensed with, thus avoiding the tendency to weaken the felloe and consequently
the wheel.
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 improvements in connecting the spokes with folloes or rims of carriage
wheels and wheels of other vehicles, substantially as set forth.
2. In wheels of carriages and other vehicles, the socket pieces in combination
with the bolts and nuts for the purposes set forth.
3. In wheels of carriages and other vehicles, the socket pieces in combination
with the felloe, formed dove-tailed in cross section, either with or without bolts, for
the purpose set forth.
Dated this Fourth day of November 1895.
BROWNE & Co.,
9 Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.