Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1896-Accepted, 29th Aug., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
I, FREDERICK SAMUEL BUCKINGHAM of the Elswick Cycle Works, Newcastle-
on-Tyne, in the County of Northumberland, Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the type of ball bearing hubs and
brackets in which the male cones or their equivalents are formed on or fixed to the
axle with their apices pointing outwards, and the cups or female cones forming the
opposite parts of the ball races are screwed into the ends of the hub or bracket,
one or both of the said cups or cones being adjustable for the purpose of taking up
the wear in the bearings, the object being to further improve this type of hub or
bracket.
In Patent No. 19349 of 1893 granted to Mr. W. Newton conjointly with myself
we describe and claim an improved method of locking the adjusting cup or cone in
this type of hub or bracket, the said improvement consisting in passing over the
outer end of the cup or cone, which has two flats cut on it, a suitably shaped
washer having a series of holes in it adapted to engage with one or more pins
carried by the face of the hub or bracket, the object being to prevent the cone
turning in the hub or bracket even if the lock nut works loose or becomes lost.
According to the present invention I use this same device for locking the
adjustable cup or cone but I mount the other or fixed cup or cone in the hub or
bracket in the following manner so that while it is securely fixed it is also capable
of easy removal if necessary :-The end of the hub or bracket intended to receive
the fixed cup or cone is threaded in the ordinary manner to receive the screwed
cup or cone. The extreme outer end of the said hub or bracket is slightly enlarged
and is screwed with a thread in the opposite direction to the thread in that part
into which the cup or cone is screwed, that is to say, if the thread into which the
cup or cone is screwed is a right-hand one, then the other thread is a left-hand one.
Into this recess is screwed an annular ring adapted to impinge on the face of
the cup or cone, which is preferably recessed to receive it, and so lock it in
position, the opposite threads of the cup or cone and the annular nut effecting a
complete lock.
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I, FREDERICK SAMUEL BUCKINGHAM of the Elswick Cycle Works, Newcastle-
on-Tyne, in the County of Northumberland, 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 improvements in the type of ball bearing hubs and
brackets in which the male cones or their equivalents are formed on or fixed to the
axle with their apices pointing outwards, and the cups or female cones forming the

page_text: opposite parts of the ball races are screwed into the ends of the hub or bracket,
one or both of the said cups or cones being adjustable for the purpose of taking up
the wear in the bearings, the object being to further improve this type of hub or
bracket.
In Patent No. 19349 of 1893 granted to Mr. W. Newton conjointly with myself
is described and claimed an improved method of locking the adjusting cup or cone
in this type of hub or bracket, the said improvement consisting in passing over the
outer end of the cup or cone, which has two flats cut on it, a suitably shaped
washer having a series of holes in it adapted to engage with one or more pins
carried by the face of the hub or bracket, the object being to prevent the
cone turning in the hub or bracket even if the lock nut works loose or becomes
lost.
According to the present invention I use this same device for locking the
adjustable cup or cone but I mount the other or fixed cup or cone in the hub or
bracket in the following manner so that while it is securely fixed it is also capable
of easy removal if necessary:-The end of the hub or bracket intended to receive
the fixed cup or cone is threaded in the ordinary manner to receive the screwed
cup or cone. The extreme outer end of the said hub or bracket is slightly
enlarged and is screwed with a thread in the opposite direction to the thread in
that part into which the cup or cone is screwed, that is to say, if the thread into
which the cup or cone is screwed is a right-hand one, then the other thread is a
left-hand one. Into this recess is screwed a circular nut adapted to impinge on
the face of the cup or cone, which is preferably recessed to receive it, and so lock
it in position, the opposite threads of the cup or cone and the circular nut effecting
a complete lock.
In the accompanying drawing which illustrates this invention as applied to the
hub of a wheel :-
Figure 1 is a view in longitudinal section, and
Figure 2 is a view showing the non-adjustable cone and its lock nut detached.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The non-adjustable or fixed cup or cone A is threaded in the ordinary manner
to adapt it to be screwed into the end b of the hub B. The outer end of the part b
of the bub is slightly enlarged and is threaded internally to receive a circular
nut C the thread of the screw being reversed to that of the cone A so that it acts
as a lock nut. The nut C may either bear against the outer face of the cone A
or against a shoulder a formed therein so as to make the outer face of the hub
quite flush.
The adjustable cone X screwed into the other end of the hub is fixed by the
lock nut Y and the washer Z as set forth in Patent No. 19349 of 1893.
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.) The improvement in ball bearings for velocipedes, substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
(2.) In a ball bearing for velocipedes, the combination with the non-adjustable
or fixed cone adapted to be screwed into the hub of the wheel or bearing case, of a
circular nut threaded into the opposite direction to the cone and adapted on being
screwed into a recess in the outer end of the hub or bearing case to lock the said
cone in position, as set forth.
Dated this 25th day of Jul, 1890.
2636.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.