US651086A - Wheel. - Google Patents

Description

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F. PRDTHERD."

W H E E L.

(Application mea sept. 19, 1899.5

Patented lune 5, |900.

THE Nonms Farms co. PNomLITMo.. wAsHl mToN. u. c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERNANDO PROTI-IERO, OF MICHIGAN BAR, CALIFORNIA.

WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,086, dated J' une 5, 1900.

Applicationtlled September I9, 1899. Serial No. 730,992. (No model.)

To LZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERNANDO PROTHERO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Michigan Bar, in the county of Sacramento and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheels; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of wheels which are adapted to be adjusted, with a view of taking up looseness and tightening their tires.

It consists in the strong and durable and otherwise advantageous construction hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim appended.

In the anrexed drawings, Figure l is a lon'- gitudinal sectional view of the hub and felly of my improved wheel. Fig. 2 is a section taken in the plane indicated by the broken line 2 2 of Fig. I. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the joining ends of the felly, showing the clip thereon in section. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the hub-body 5 of the improved wheel.

Similar letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

l designates an axletree provided with a spindle 2, of the usual form and function. On the inner end of the spindle 2 a collar 3 is rigidly Xed. The free end of said spindle 2 is fitted with screw-threads and has a nut 4 inserted thereon.

The hub of my wheel is formed of the cylindrical body 5, which is adapted to receive a box 7 within the same. The rear or inner end 6 of said body 5 is enlarged, as shown in cross-section, Fig. I, and provided at suitable intervals on the periphery thereof with apertures 8 for the reception of the ends of spokes 9. The outer end portion of the body 5 is exteriorly of rectangular form in cross-section and is provided with the alternate dat faces ct and rounded and threaded corners b, as best shown in Fig. 4. The flat faces a of the hub-body are design ed for the engagement of the adjustable sleeve or section l0, which has a square bore, while the rounded and threaded corners b are designed for the engagement of a nut l1, through the medium of which the sleeve IO is adjusted and adjustably fixed. The sleeve IO has spoke-receiving apertures 8 in its periphery and is designed to be adj usted, as

to securely retain the spokes in their proper relative positions. A n ut l l, of suitable shape and size, having screw-threads cut interiorly therein, is inserted over the outer end of the hub 5 6 and adapted to bear against the outer side of the sleeve IO. A lock-nut 12, which may have an ornamental closed end 13, may be placed over the extreme end of the hub 5 G, so as to bear against the nut Il for the purpose of maintaining the same in rigid position. A felly I4, having any suitable tire I5, may be placed in position over the free ends of the spokes 9. The abutting ends of the felly 14 are secured in position by a clip 16 of ordinary external appearance, having a Wedge-shaped lug 17 rigidly attached on the inner surface thereof. The lug I7 is adapted to enter between the ends of the said felly 14 for the purpose of carrying a piece of leather I8 or other suitable material, which is adapted to till the space between the 'ends of said felly when the same is pressed out against the tire, as herein described. The

lug 17 is adapted to be driven into place and the clip I6 attached in position by bolts 19, which may be inserted through slots in said clip I6.

The mode of operating my improved wheel is as follows: The box 7 is placed in the hub outer ends thereof being engaged by a suit- IDO able felly 14, which is encompassed by a tire 15, of suitable material. The nut l1 is then placed in position over the end of the body 5 and against the sleeve 10, upon which said nut is adapted to bear, pressing the same in Wardly, which, as will be seen, presses the spokes 9 outwardly against the felly 14, causing the wheel to become extremely tight in every part. After the nut ll has been impelled against the sleeve 10 until all parts are tight the lock or jam-nut 12 is introduced over the end of the hub and engaged with the nut 11 for the purpose of maintaining the same in rigid position.

When applied to the axle; the operation is as in ordinary cases. The nut 12 13 is removed, the nut 4 placed on the end of the spindle 2, and the nut 12 13 replaced.

lVhen the tire becomes loose from any cause, the nut 12 13 may be removed and the nut l1 impelled against the sleeve 10 until the tire is tight. The nut 12 13 may then be placed in position against said nut 11.

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

The combination of an axle-spindle having a threaded outer end, a nut mounted on said end of the spindle, a Wheel comprising the hub-body arranged on the spindle, and having` the enlargement G at its inner end provided with spoke-sockets, and also having the outer portion of angular form in cross-section provided with alternate flat faces cr and rounded and threaded corners b, the sleeve 10, having the rectangular bore, arranged and adapted to slide on the rectangular outer portion of the body, and having spoke-sockets in its periphery, and a nut arranged on the outer end of the hub-body 5 and engaging the threaded corners thereof,substantiall y as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FERNANDO PRO'IIIERO. \Vi tnesscs:

:lEnNAnD C. CARROLL, M. IIAYNns.

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