US734900A - Land-roller. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JULY 28, 1903.

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LAND ROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED. OCT. 6, 1900.

no MODEL.

r UNITED STATES 7 Patented July 28, 1903.

i ATENT Fries.

EMERSON .O. LEAN, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE RODERICK LEAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

LAND-ROLLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,900, dated July 28, 1903. Application filed ootdlierfi, 1900. serial No. 32,469. (No model.)

To all whom. ,itmay concern:

Be it known that LEMERSON O.LEAN,a citizen of the United States,residing at Mansfield,

in the county of Richland and State of Ohio,

(whose post office address is Mansfield,Ohio,) have invented a new and useful Land-Roller,

of which the" following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in land-rollers, and its object is to provide a construction which will be easy to assemble or disassemble, as, well as one in which the separate parts may be replaced if injured without necessitating an entirely new wheel, and at the same time to provide a construction which is simple, cheap, and efficient as well as indestructible.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a land-roller provided with my device. Fig. 2 is an-enlarged view of the wheel. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are details; and Fig. 6:is an enlarged view of the hanger.

Reference-letters a a a denote the dru msof the land-roller of the usual cylindrical form with their adjacent edges abutting. A rim b forms the the outer periphery of a wheel which is located at each end of the land-roller. These peripheries b are formed, preferably, of a T shape in cross-section, as shown in- Fig. 3, al-- though they may be of any other form,,,and they are cylindrical in form to fit the inside diameter of the drums.

, tion 19 of the rim.

The hub A has formed therein radial grooves 0 adapted to receive the ribs 0 of the channel-spokes c, which are secured to the hubs by means of bolts D. This manner of attaching the spokes to X the hub gives additional strength and rigidity to the Wheel. The hubs are provided with the usual central openings or bearings E,in and through which projects the axle E of the land-roller, which axle projects beyond the vertical plane of the outer drums of the land-roller. The projecting portions of the axle are received in suitthe hangers K which are V'shaped in general outline and formed to fit the contour of the boxes. By this construction the boxes 1 are retained inplace and prevented from lateral movement. A bolt H passes through both sides of the hangers and directly over the top of the boxes with which the under side of the bolt comes in contact, thus efiectually confining the boxes in their proper positions.

The frame of the landmoller consists of a rectangular box B, suitably secured together at its ends. The upper ends'K of the V-shaped hangers are L-shaped in form and embrace the frame, to which they are suitably secured necting the box or frame and pole, serve to give additional strength and support to the pole. A suitable bar J secured at its lower end by a bolt J to the pole, supports the seat J. The .upper portion The above-described construction is simple, neat, and durable as well as possessing exceptional strength and rigidity, all of which are most desirable in a device of this character.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new,and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a drum,of a wheel comprisinga flanged rim, a hub made in a single piece and having radial grooves and intermediate flattened surfaces,and flanged spokes secured to the rim and hub, the flanges fitted to the radial grooves of the hub and theflattened portion seated upon the flattened surfaces of the hub, and means for securing the spokes to the rim and hub.

2. In a land-roller, the combination witha drum, of an angularly-shaped periphery secured to the inner circumference thereof, spokes of angular shape in cross-section detachably secured at their outer ends to the depending portion of the periphery, and a on and integral with the hub, of flanged hub comprising a single piece, having a sespokes, the flanges of the spokes received in ries of parallel grooves formed radially therethe grooves in the flanged hub and means for in, the sides of the spokes being received in securing the spokes to the rim and hub. 15 5 such grooves and detachable fastening means Signed by me at Mansfield, Ohio, this 1st passinlg through the spokes between the indiday of October, 1900. vidua members forming the parallel grooves, for securing the spokes to the hub. EMERSON 3. The combination with a drum, a flanged Witnesses: 1o rim secured thereto, a hub made of a single CHARLES O. MERRELL,

pieee,and an exteriorly-grooved flange formed ARTHUR H. GLENDINNING.

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