US595808A

US595808A - Oil bath foe wheel eims

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Publication number: US595808A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-12-21
Anticipated expiration: 1914-12-21

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(No Model) 2 -SheetsShet '1. J. M.'GOFF. OIL BATH FOR WHEEL RIMS.

No. 595,808. Patented Dec. 21,1897.

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No. 595,808. I Patented Dec. 21,1897,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH MARSHALL GOFF, OF RUSTON, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J. MACK SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 595,808, dated December 21, 1897.

Application filed December 31, 1896. Serial No. 617,626. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH MARSHALL GOFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ruston, in the parish of Lincoln and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Oil-Bath for Wheel-Rims, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an oil-bath for treating Wooden wheel-rims, to saturate the material, and thus exclude moisture to prevent swelling and contraction due to atmospheric changes; and the objects in View are to provide a simple and efficienct construction and arrangement of parts whereby the apparatus is adapted to support Wheels of different kinds and sizes at the proper height for the immersion of their rims in the bath, to provide means for varying the position of the bath laterally with relation to the support or standard to suit wheels having hubs of different lengths and also Wheels which are dished to different extents, and to provide efficient means for attaching the wheel to the supporting devices irrespective of the diameter of the bore of its hubs and so mounting the supporting devices as to enable the wheel to be turned with facilityto bring all parts of its rim into contact with the contents of the bath.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of an apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail View in perspective of one of the members of the expansible hub-seat. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section of the hub-seat to show the means for adjusting the members thereof.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. v

The supporting-frame l of the apparatus embodying my invention is provided with horizontal parallel guides 2, upon which is seated for transverse adjustment the furnace 3, provided at one end with a fuel-door 4 and at the other end with a smoke stack or fine 5. The furnace is provided with depending clips or ears 6, which straddle the guides 2, whereby the furnace is adapted to be adjusted toward and from the plane of the upright portion 7 of the supporting-frame and is held from longitudinal movement.

Mounted in suitable guides 8 in the upright portion of the supporting-frame is a standard 9, provided with a plurality ofopenings or perforations 10 for engagement by a securing device, such as a pin 11, fitted in registering perforations 12 at opposite sides of the upper guide 8. This standard is provided with hori- 'zontally-alined bearings 13, (one of which is formed in a bracket or lateral extension 14,) and in the bearings is mounted a spindle 15, adapted to be fitted with an operating-crank 16. The spindle at one end carries an expansible and contractible hub-seat consisting of relatively-adj ustable members 17 of which their inner ends are arranged, upon opposite sides of an extension 18 of the spindle, said extension carrying right and left threaded ad- 7 5 j usting-screws 19. These adjusting-screws are swiveled, as by a set-screw 20, in the extension 18, engaging an annular groove 21 in each of the adjusting-screws, and the oppositely-threaded portions thereof, which are arranged upon opposite sides of the plane of the extension, respectively, engage the hubseat members 17, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. These adjusting-screws are preferably provided at their upper extremities with wrenchseats 22 for engagement by a wrench-head 23 on the extremity of the crank 16, the shank of the latter being removably fitted in a transverse opening 24. in the end of the spindle 15.

The body portions of the wrench-seat memo bers may be of any desired contour, but are preferably formed with reduced portions 25, suitable to fit within the bore of a buggy or light vehicle wheel, and are also provided at the inner end of this reduced portion with a 9 5 plurality of offsets 26, adapted to engage the inner portions of the bores of wagon or heavy vehicle wheels; and it will be seen that when the hub is arranged upon the seat the latter may be expanded to snugly fit the bore of the hub by turning the adj usting-scre'ws in the manner above indicated.

The furnace is provided in its top with a longitudinal opening in which is removably fitted an oil trough or receptable 27, flanged laterally at its upper edge, as shown at 28, to rest upon the exterior surface of the top of the furnace, and also flanged upwardly, as shown at :29, to form a seat for the lower hoodsection 30. The hood, of which the portion 30 forms the lower section, is constructed of detachable members to facilitate the introduction of a wheel, and the upper edge of the lower member 30 is flanged to provide a seat 31 for the upper member 32, whereby accidental displacement or disarrangement of the 1 parts is prevented. The outer walls of the hood sections or members are offset, as shown clearly at 30 and 32, to form a receptacle for the outer end of the hub, and opposite this offset, which is preferably elongated vertically, the sections or members are slotted, j as shown at 33, to receive the hub-seat, the

elongation of the offset and opening being designed to allow vertical adjustment of the supporting devices to suit the diameter of the wheel which is arranged in the apparatus.

The upright flange 29 of the oil-trough, in addition to forming a suitable seat for the bottom of the lower hood-section, is also designed to prevent the escape of oil when splashed above the plane of the top of the furnace, and

thus avoid waste due to leakage.

From the above description it will be seen f that the oil trough or receptacle is adjustable extent into the contents of the receptacle.

In addition to excluding dust from the interior of the oil trough or're ceptacle and protecting the wheel during the operation from accumulations of dust the hood performs the function of confining the heat around the wheel and thus raising the temperature thereof to a sufficient degree to aid the oil in penetrating the pores of the material, and

thus enabling the operation to be efficiently i accomplished. that the members of the apparatus, including the members of the hood and the oil trough or receptacle, are detachable from the fur- It will be seen, furthermore, 7

nace, and I have also shown a furnace provided with a hinged flue 5, normally held in operatlve position by means of a fastening device 34 and which when lowered combines with the fuel-door at the opposite endof the furnace to give access to all parts of the interior thereof for the purpose of cleaning'the same. i

It will be seen that a furtheradvantage of the hood resides in the fact that it confines the vapors of the oil, and thus induces the saturation of the spokes and hub, as well as the rim of the wheel. In other words, it enables the entire wheel to be treated to exclude moisture.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a heating device, an oil trough or receptacle and wheel-supportin g devices, of a hood adapted to receive and inclose a wheel during the immersion of its rim in the contents of the trough or receptacle, substantially as specified.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a heating device, an oil trough or receptacle and wheel-supporting devices, 'of a hood removably seated in the top of said trough or receptacle and adapted to receive and inclosea wheel, substantially as specified.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a heating device, an oil trough or receptacle and wheel-supporting devices, of a sectional hood divided upon adiametrical line and seated upon the trough or receptacle to receiveand inclose a wheel during the immersion of the rim thereof in the troughor receptacle,substantiallyasspecified.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a heating device, an oil trough or receptacle provided at its top with a seat having an upright exterior wall or flange, wheel-supporting devices, and a hood removably fitted in the seat at the top of the trough or receptacle with its lower edge in closed by said upstanding wall or flange, to prevent the escape of liquid by splashing through the joint between the hood and the trough, substantially as specified.

. 5. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a stationary supporting-frame and means for mounting a wheel thereon, of a heating device, an oil trough or receptacle, a hood carried by the trough to inclose the wheel and means for simultaneously adjusting the trough and hood laterally with relation to the wheel-supportin g devices, substantially as specified.

6. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a stationary supporting-frame having a standard and a hub-seat, of a furnace carrying an oil trough or receptacle an da wheel-inclosinghood and mounted upon the supporting-frame for adjustment toward and from the plane of said standard parallel with the hub-seat, substantially as specified.

7. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a supporting-frame having horizontal parallel guides,a standard support-ing a hub-seat, and a furnace carrying an'oil trough or receptacle and provided with clips or ears engaging said guides and adapted to be moved thereon to vary the position of the furnace with relation to the standard, substantially as specified.

8. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a supporting-frame and an oil trough or receptacle, of a spindle, an expansible and contractible hub-seat carried by the spindle, and means for adjusting the hub-seat to fit hubs having bores of different diameters, substantially as specified.

9. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination Witha supporting-frame and an oil trough or receptacle, of a spindle, and a sectional hub-seat carried by the spindle and having adjusting devices to vary the relative positions of its sections to fit hubs having bores of different diameters, substantially as specified.

10. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination With a supporting-frame and an oil trough or receptacle, of a spindle, a

. sectional hub-seat having opposite members adapted to be adjusted toward and from a common intermediate point, and right and left threaded adjusting-screws swiveled in the spindle and engaging the hub-seat sections respectively at opposite sides of the plane of the spindle, whereby the relative positions of said sections may be varied to fit hubs having bores of different diameters, substantially as specified.

11. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a supporting-frame and an oil trough or receptacle, :of a standard mounted for vertical adjustment upon the supporting-frame, a spindle mounted for rotation upon the standard, a sectional hubseat carried by the spindle and including right and left threaded adjusting-screws engaging the hub-seat sections and adapted to be turned to vary the relativepositions of said sections, said adjusting-screws being provided With wrench-seats, and a crank removably engaged With said spindle and provided with a terminal Wrench-head, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH MARSHALL GOFF.

lrVitnesses:

' E. HOWARD, S. M. LEWIS.