US153426A - Improvement in wheels for vehicles - Google Patents
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- XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Iron Chemical compound [Fe] XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 6
- 229910052787 antimony Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
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- ATJFFYVFTNAWJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Tin Chemical compound [Sn] ATJFFYVFTNAWJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60B—VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
- B60B5/00—Wheels, spokes, disc bodies, rims, hubs, wholly or predominantly made of non-metallic material
- B60B5/02—Wheels, spokes, disc bodies, rims, hubs, wholly or predominantly made of non-metallic material made of synthetic material
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- My invention relates to that class of wheels in which strengthening;-bands have been inserted in grooves in the hub near the spokes to prevent the hub from splitting; and consists in forming about the hub a groove of peculiar shape, into which an iron band is shrunk, the band being then keyed on by running melted metal into the groove in front of the hub.
- Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a wheel-hub having on one end my band in its finished condition, and on the other showing the groove for the receptionof the band, and a section of the band as it appearsif applied to the hub before being heated for expansion.
- Fig. 2 represents a part of a cross-section of a hub with the metal band applied and in position to receive the melted metal which is to form the key.
- Fig. 3 is a similar section after the key has been applied and has hardened.
- Fig. 4 is a section of a band which I prefer to use, showing the peculiar bevel of its edges.
- A is a wheel-hub, which may be mortised or grooved and of any desired formation.
- B is a groove in the periphery of the hub near the spokes, the outer part of the groove being deeper than the rest, as seen at b.
- O is a metal band, generally of iron, of such size as, when cool, to nearly, but not quite, pass over the hub into the groove, but which, when heated and then expanded, will just pass over.
- This ring having thus been shrunk into the groove, is passed down until the beveled edge of the ring fits closely against the bevel of the groove.
- the hub is then placed on end, and composition metal, E, is turned into this groove 1), as seen in Fig. 3.
- This metal is composed of nine parts lead, two parts antimony, and one part bismuth. It swells in cooling and wedges the ring home, thus securing it firmly onto the hub, so that it will be impossible to get it off without breaking the ring.
- the outer edge of the iron ring is turned over before it is put on, and the melted metal unites with the tin and becomes attached rigidly to the ring.
- the iron ring is made of the proper outside finish before it is put on, and very little work is required to bring the composition metal to the required finish.
- composition metal may be used to key the ring into the hub, though I prefer the one before described.
- the groove may be made of any desired shape, though the one described seems to me the best.
- a composition-metal wedge composed of lead, bismuth, and antimony, combined with a metal band upon a wooden hub, as set forth.
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Description
J. CURTIS.
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN CURTIS, CINCINNATI, OHIO.
IMPROVEMENT IN WHEELS FOR VEHICLES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 153,426, dated July 28, 1874; application filed June 25, 1874.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, J OHN CURTIS, of Oincinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, have invented certain Improvements in Carriage- Wheels, of which the following is a specification:
My invention relates to that class of wheels in which strengthening;-bands have been inserted in grooves in the hub near the spokes to prevent the hub from splitting; and consists in forming about the hub a groove of peculiar shape, into which an iron band is shrunk, the band being then keyed on by running melted metal into the groove in front of the hub.
In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a wheel-hub having on one end my band in its finished condition, and on the other showing the groove for the receptionof the band, and a section of the band as it appearsif applied to the hub before being heated for expansion. Fig. 2 represents a part of a cross-section of a hub with the metal band applied and in position to receive the melted metal which is to form the key. Fig. 3 is a similar section after the key has been applied and has hardened. Fig. 4 is a section of a band which I prefer to use, showing the peculiar bevel of its edges.
A is a wheel-hub, which may be mortised or grooved and of any desired formation. B is a groove in the periphery of the hub near the spokes, the outer part of the groove being deeper than the rest, as seen at b. O is a metal band, generally of iron, of such size as, when cool, to nearly, but not quite, pass over the hub into the groove, but which, when heated and then expanded, will just pass over. This ring, having thus been shrunk into the groove, is passed down until the beveled edge of the ring fits closely against the bevel of the groove. The hub is then placed on end, and composition metal, E, is turned into this groove 1), as seen in Fig. 3.
This metal, as I prefer to use it, is composed of nine parts lead, two parts antimony, and one part bismuth. It swells in cooling and wedges the ring home, thus securing it firmly onto the hub, so that it will be impossible to get it off without breaking the ring. The outer edge of the iron ring is turned over before it is put on, and the melted metal unites with the tin and becomes attached rigidly to the ring.
The iron ring is made of the proper outside finish before it is put on, and very little work is required to bring the composition metal to the required finish.
It is the design to have the band when completed of the same elevation as the wood on either side of it, as seen at D, Fig. 1, so that when the hub is painted it will not be observed.
Any composition metal may be used to key the ring into the hub, though I prefer the one before described.
The groove may be made of any desired shape, though the one described seems to me the best.
I claim- 1. The combination,in a wheel-hub, of groove B, band C, and composition metal E, substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. On a wheel-hub, a metallic band shrunk onto the hub and held in place by a key or wedge formed of composition metal, all combined substantially as and for the purposes described.
3. A composition-metal wedge composed of lead, bismuth, and antimony, combined with a metal band upon a wooden hub, as set forth.
JOHN CURTIS.
Witnesses JOHN E. HATCH, R0131. H. PARKINSON.
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