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Description

(No Model.)

J. 0. WADDELL.

, SAND BAND. N0; 274,535. Patented Mar. 27, 1883.

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UN TED STATES PATENT EEicE.

JAMES 0. VVADDELL, 0F ELIZABETH, sEw JEEsEY.

SAN D-BAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,535, dated March 27, 1883.

Application filed December 1. 1852. (No model.)

To all! whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES O;WAD 1)ELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Axle-Protectors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the inventiom-such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make. and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to more effectively hold the axle-greaseor other wheellubricant within the axle-box in the hub, and

' prevent it from collecting on the exterior of the said hub and on the exposed portion of the axle, whereat it collects the dust raised when the wagon is being drawn, which dust works into the axle-box and causes the axle to wear away and the wheels to rattle. Further objects are to reduce the cost of construction by simplifying the device, and to render said device capable of being arranged upon a carriage with the least amount of trouble orexpense.

Axles,-where they engage with the wheels or form the journals for the wheels, ordinarily increase in diameter as they approach the wagon-body, the axle-box in the wheel-hub being correspondingly formed-that is to say, smaller toward the outside a of the hub than toward theinside b. This construction, which is the usual one in carriages, &c., causes the lubricant to work toward the back and collect on the outside of the hub and on the axle, as before stated.

The invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the claims.

The accompanying drawing is a sectional view of the hub portion of acarriage-wheel, a b representing said hub, and b spokes,

, which extend radially therefrom in the ordinary manner.

Upon the back portion, bflof said hub, which lies adjacent to the wagon or carriage body, and. in which lies the wider portion of the axlebox, is formed a band, 0, which may be spun from sheet metal. Said band projects over the edge of the hub, and bulges to form an annular socket, 0%, adapted to receive the periphery of a flange, g, or disk arranged upon the axle. When the band a is metallic the disk g is of rubber.

The collar 6, which in the case shown carries the disk or flange g, has an aperture or perforation formed therein, which is usually square to conform to the square axle-iron f. The rubber collar, by stretching, is adapted to hug snugly several sizes of iron, as will be evident, and prevent the exit of oil, grease, on

other lubricant at that point. Said collar is arranged a short distance back of the hub, as

shown, forming a small chamber for the reception of the grease, which, being kept free from grit or dust, maintains its lubricating qualities for along time. The band 0, after bulging to form the socket, is bent back toward the center, the edge thereof overhanging the rear edge of the hub. Said band is thus adapted to throw ofi' any mud falling from the spokes, &c., away fromthe axle-box. It will be thus apparent that the band alone is capable of protecting the hub in a degree, and

alone is an improvement of practical value. The collar a, revolving with the wheel, can be used gith or take the place of the ordinary band.

The portion g, being formed of rubber, is

capable of stretching to suit several sizes of axle and form a perfect and impervious joint therewith without any peculiar care in fitting. Said portion is also adapted to be arranged upon or removed from the axle without the employment of screws or pins or other device capable of being broken, lost, or otherwise inconvenient.

The axle-protector thus described is capable of being constructed at but a small cost, can be applied readily to either new or old vehicles, is neat in appearance, will not interfere with the action of the wheel or mar the appearance of the same, and is withal very effective in its operations.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, the band c,.havin g an annular socket, to, therein,in combination with a perforated flanged collar, 6, on-axle, of a band, 0, having the bulged therehaving the periphery of the flange thereof arin and the rubber collar g, all arranged and ranged in the socket d, all said parts being operating as herein set forth. adapted to be arranged on the hub and axle In testimony that I claim the foregoing I :5 5 of a carriage-wheel, as herein set forth. have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of 2. The combination, with the hub and wag- November, 1882. on-axle, of a band projecting from the back edge of the hub, and a rubber collar or disk, all JAMES WADDELL' arranged and operating substantially as set Witnesses: 1o forth and shown. CHARLES H. PELL,

3. The combination, with the hub and wag OLIVER DRAKE.

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