Improvements in Hubs for the Wheels of Cycles, Perambulators, Carriages, and other Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Apr., 1897-Accepted, 22nd May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hubs for the Wheels of Cycles, Perambulators,
Carriages, and other Vehicles.
HERBERT HISCOTT, 56 and 57, Aldermanbury London E.C. Colonial Export
Merchant and JOHN ANDREWS 43, Great Francis Street Birmingham Metal
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to make a hub, light & strong out of sheet, or
rolled, or drawn metal.
In carrying out our improvements in hubs for the wheels of cycles, perambulators
carriages, & other vehicles, we use any required sheet metal, or steel, or iron, or
drawn metal or steel but we prefer to use the Kronand metal (the constitution of
the substance Kronand metal, are silver, nickel, copper & aluminium). We cut
a suitable blank from a piece of the "Kronand" or other metal, or steel, & form
by dies in a stamp, or tools in a lathe, or press, or machine, a socket, with a flange
upon its outside, near to the sockets mouth, which is wide, & towards the other end,
inside is a ridge, or cant tapering down to a small opening & threaded inside. This
wide mouth of the socket, is to receive a bush for carrying balls, for ball bearings.
We cut any required length of tube drawn or made from the aforesaid metal, or
steel, both ends of this tube is threaded upon its outside.
Operation. Upon this tube, with its ends threaded, we place at each end, one of
our sockets, & both ends of the tube protrude into the wide space of the sockets
mouth, & with tools we press the ends of the tube, upon the ridges in the sockets,
thereby firmly gripping the sockets to the tube, & thus making our improved hub
out of sheet metal or drawn metal or steel for the wheels of cycles, perambulators,
carriages & other vehicles.
When the bushes, & balls for bearing purposes are placed in position, the ring of
the mouth of each socket, near to the flanges is edged up to hold the bushes in
their place, & the flanges retain the spokes when fastened thereto or laced.
It is understood in carrying out our improvements in hubs, we shall adopt any
mere modification required, as the flange upon the socket, may be made in a
separate piece of metal, or steel, any thickness to receive the spokes. This flange
is soldered or brazed upon the socket, or otherwise fastened, also if desired, we
shall solder, or braze any of our parts together.
Dased this 2nd day of June 1896
JOHN
BENNETT,
4 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.
Improvements in Hubs for the Wheels of Cycles, Perambulators,
Carriages, and other Vehicles.
HERBERT HISCOTT 56 and 57 Aldermanbury, London E.C. Colonial Export
Merchant, and JOHN ANDREWS 43 Great Francis Street Birmingham Metal

page_text: Merchant 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 our invention, is to make a hub light & strong out of sheet, or
rolled or drawn metal.
In carrying ont our improvements in hubs for the wheels of cycles perambulators
& other vehicles, we use any required sheet metal, or steel, or iron or drawn metal,
or steel, but we prefer to use the Kronand metal. We cut a suitable blank, from
a piece of "Kronand" or other metal, or steel, & form by dies in a stamp, or tools
in a lathe, or press or machine, a socket with a flange upon its outside, near to the
sockets mouth, which is wide, & towards the other end, inside is a ridge, or cant
tapering down to a small opening, & threaded inside. The wide mouth of the
socket is to receive a bush, for carrying balls, for ball bearing. We cut any
required length of tube drawn or made from the aforesaid metal, or steel, both ends
of this tube are threaded upon its outside.
Operation. Upon this tube, with its ends threaded, we place at each end, one of
our sockets, & both ends of the tube protrude into the wide space, of the sockets
mouth, & with tools, we press the ends of the tube upon the ridges in the sockets.
Thereby firmly gripping the sockets to the tube & thus making our improved hub,
out of sheet or drawn metal, or steel, for the wheels of cycles, perambulators
carriages, & other vehicles.
In order that our invention may be fully understood, we will more particularly
describe it with the aid of the accompanying drawings, in which similar parts are
marked, with like letter of reference."
Fig. 1. represents an elevation of two sockets made from blanks, & tube ready
-to be jointed together.
Fig. 2. represents a sectional view of our hub.
Fig. 3. represent our improved hub, carrying a cycle sprocket driving wheel.
a, tube of hub, socket, c, where socket & tube are jointed, d thread on outside
of tube, e thread on inside of socket, f flange to carry spokes, g sprocket driving
wheel, h ring in mouth of socket, to be edged up to hold bush within socket
of hub.
It is understood, in carrying out our improvements in hubs, we shall adopt any
mere modification required, as the flange upon the socket, is made in a separate
piece, of metal, or steel, & any thickness to receive the spokes, this flange is
soldered, or brazed upon the socket, or otherwise fastened, also if desired we shall
solder or braze any of our parts together.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1st. The construction of a hub of a wheel, for cycles, perambulators, carriages
& other vehicles, as set forth, described & illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2nd. To make the socket, of the hub, & flange to carry the spokes out of one
piece of sheet metal, as illustrated at Figure 1, & marked.
3rd. To joine the sockets & tube together as described, & illustrated at Figure 2,
& marked.
Dated this 2nd day of Innil 1007
JOHN
BENNETT,
4 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.