GB820643A - Wheel for toy vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

820,643. Toy wheels. JACOBOWITZ, M., ETTMEIER, K., ULLMANN, P., ULLMANN, H., and GRUNDY, A., [trading as TIPP & CO.]. Oct. 2, 1956 [Oct. 6, 1955; Jan. 20, 1956], No. 29959/56. Class 132(3) A toy vehicle wheel is made in two halves, Figs. 2 and 4, each comprising a hub part 5 or 6 having tangential to it spokes 7 or 8 which carry a rim half 3 or 4, the wheel halves being connected together by a hollow rivet 15 and centred by means of an annular ridge 9 on one half engaging a recess 10 on the other, relative rotation between the wheel halves being prevented by the engagement of stepped ribs 11 and 12, pins 17, Fig. 9, preventing axial displacement of the wheel on an axle 16. The hub has a cap 14 and a rubber tyre 22 is fitted to the rim. Drive is applied to the wheel from the axle, Fig. 11, via a disc 27 having a grooved hole engaging axle ribs 24, a bridge portion 25 and a disc 26 having a projection 28 engaging in a recess- 29 in the wheel, Relative rotation between the wheel halves can also be prevented by providing stepped ribs at the wheel rims or by a pin on one wheel half engaging a hole in the other. In further embodiments parts of the hubs have recesses to save material, Fig. 7 (not shown), drive transfer is via a disc 30 riveted to the axle, Fig. 14, and a projection connecting drive to the wheel engages both wheel halves, Fig. 15 (not shown). The wheel may be made from polystyrene or metal.