US396262A

US396262A - Wheel

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Publication number: US396262A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-01-15
Anticipated expiration: 1906-01-15

Description

(No Model.)

HBOLAND WHEEL.

Patented Jan. 15, 1889'.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT r Fries.

WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,262, dated January 15, 1889.

Application filed March 15, 1888. Serial No. 267,230- No model.)

To all whont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HAMILTON BOLAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Columbus, in the county of Muscogee and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in V ehicle-IVheels and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my new and improved vehicle-wheel. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the rim, taken on an enlarged scale, and showing also the outer end portion of one of the spokes; and Fig. 3 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale of one of the spokes.

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention consists in a new and improved wheel for vehicles of all kinds, and more particularly in the spokes thereof; and my invention will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the several parts by letter,A indicates the hub of my new and improved wheel, the precise form and construction of which may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention. This hub is formed at each end with the series of holes or inclined apertures 13, in which the inner ends of the spokes are secured.

0 indicates the rim of my wheel, which is preferably formed, as shown, with the inwardly-projecting central flange, D, which is usually formed'integral with the outer part of the rim, as shown in the sectional View, Fig. 2, of the drawings. In the drawings the rim is shown formed of metal, with the inner flange in one piece integral with it.

The inwardly-extending central flange, D,- is formed with the series of apertures E, at equal distances apart, and to this apertured flange are secured the outer ends of the spokes F.

The spokes F are formed each of a single piece of wire of sufficient stoutness or diameter, which is doubled and twisted upon itself, as shown in the drawings. The spoke is eye or loop G.

placed in position and formed by taking a single length of the wire and passing it through the appropriate hole, B, in that end of the hub A, to a point near the middle of the length of the wire. The wire is then bent and doubled, so as to bring its two halves thus formed together, and the end of the slightly-shorter section of the doubled wire \is then bent around upon itself and its extremity twisted tightly around the wire proper, so as to form at the end of the shorter arm of the wire the The end of the longer arm or section of the spoke-wire is then passed through the appropriate hole, E, in the inner flange, D, of the wheel-rim, is then brought around and inserted through the eye G, formed on the end of the shorter arm of the wire, and the extremity of this longer wire is then twisted tightly around its stem, so as to form at the end of the longer arm an eye, H, which thus engages with the eye G at the end of the shorter arm, as shown. This arrangement will be readil y understood by reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings, in which the outer end of the spoke is shown 011 a considerablyenlarged scale. A shortbar or other suitable tool is then inserted between the sections of the wire at about the center of the spoke, and is turned so as to twist the two halves or sections of the doubled wire firmly and tightly together in opposite directions, so that the spoke looks like a solid or integral body instead of two strands of wire. Each of the spokes is thus formed, and it will. be seen that this twisting of the wire spokes will effectually take up all slack and render the spoke firm, tight, and strong. A small opening, F, is left in each spoke by the removal of the tool for twisting the wires together, shown in the drawings.

1 do not desire tolimitmyself to the precise manner in which the outer ends of the two sections of the wire spokes are secured together and the outer end of the spoke is secured to the rim-flange; neither do I wish to confine myself to forming the spoke of a single piece of wire. Each spoke may be formed of two lengths of wire, which may be secured in any suitable or desired manner at their inner ends to the end of the hub, and secured in any suitable manner at their outer ends to the rim of the wheel, the main feature of my invention being a spoke formed of two sections or lengths of wire twisted together, substantially as shown. My new and improved spoke can of course be employed with any suitable form of rim and hub; but I find my new and improved flanged rim, here shown, exceedingly well adapted for use with this spoke.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. It will be seen that the spokes are very simple, while exceedingly strong and efficient, in construction and can be mamrlt'actured readily and at a small cost.

Having thus described my invention, what I