US143378A

US143378A - Improvement in vehicle-wheels

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Publication number: US143378A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1873-09-30
Anticipated expiration: 1890-09-30

Description

L. G. PEEL.

Vehicle Wheels.

No. 143,378, i PatentedSeptember30,l873.

Witness Inventor.

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PATENT QFFIGE.

LAWSON G. PEEL, OF HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI.

IMPROVEMENT m VEHICLE-WHEELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 43,378, dated September 30, 1873; application filed February 19, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWSON G. PEEL, of Hazlehurst, in the county of Copiah and in the State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hubs for Vehicles; and do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a hub for vehicle -wheels, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, which represents a longitudinal section of my hub.

The box, which, with the flanges, forms the hub, consists of two tubular pieces, A and B, of metal. The piece A, that fits on the axle next to the body of the buggy or wagon, is provided with a stationary flange, G, which runs up the spokes D D a sufficient distance to give the required strength to the wheel.

. The other flange, E, matching the fiangeG, is

in a separate piece, of the exact size of said flange G, and fits up tightly on the other side of the spokes. The front or outer part B of the hub passes through the flange E, and screws into the butt-piece a sufficient distance to give the required strength. On this part B is formed a shoulder or offset, a, to bear against the outer side of the flange E, and force the 7 same tightly against the spokes, and thus secure the spokes firmly between the flanges C and E.

I am aware that a hub composed of two metallic flanges or disks, one having spoke-receiv: ing orifices, and the two connected together by male and female screws, clamping the spokes between the flanges, is not new; hence I do not broadly claim such to be my invention. In my invention the outer. part A has a stationary flange at its inner end, and screw-threads on its interior at this end. The inner part B has a stationary shoulder, a, on its outer part, and beyond this shoulder the extremity of this piece B extends under the ends of the spokes,-

and is provided with exterior screw-threads, which take into the inner screw-threads on the part A. A movable flange rests between the shoulder a and the spokes. By this construction of parts the spokes are firmly held in place, and the parts A B can be easily separated and the spokes removed therefrom whenever desired. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the tubular piece A with stationary flange O, the tubular piece B with shoulder a and the movable flange E, and the parts A and B, provided with male and female screw-threads, all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of January, 1873.

LAWSON G. PEEL. Witnesses:

O. L. Evnnr, G. F. WOLFE.