US738417A

US738417A - Axle-nut.

Info

Publication number: US738417A
Application number: US15069703A
Authority: US
Inventors: Pierre Dansereau
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1903-04-02
Filing date: 1903-04-02
Publication date: 1903-09-08
Anticipated expiration: 1920-09-08

Description

No. 738,417. PATBNTBD SEPT. 8, 1903.

P. DANSEREAU.

AXLE NUT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

um "HulmanI W Witnesses @mmf Attorneys UNITED STATES Patented September 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

AXLE-NUT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,417, dated September 8, 1903.

Application tiled April 2, 1903. Serial No. 150,697.

(No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, PIERRE DANSEREAU, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in the city and district of Montreal, Province of Quebec,`Ca`nada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Axle-Nuts; and I do Vhereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and nsethe same.

Myinvention relates toaXle-nuts; and my object is to provide a simple arrangement for Y retaining a wagon-wheel in position upon its spindle and to provide for adjusting the retaining-nut in a simple manner, so as to take up the wear which takes place at this part.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter, and definitely set forth in the claim.

In the drawings, which fully illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective View representing the sleeve of a wheel-hub, a portion of which has been broken away, as illustrated. Fig. 2 is a perspective-showing a collar used in connecting the parts. Fig. 3 represents, also in perspective, the hub-nut. Fig. 4 represents in perspective a washer. Fig. 5, which is also a perspective, represents the cap-nut. Fig. 6 represents in perspective a portion of the axle, showing the spindle with the sleeve, dac., removed. Fig. 7 is a vertical longitudinal section through the spindle and hub-sleeve, showing all the parts in their assembled relation.

It should. appear that Figs. 1 to 5 of the drawings represent the parts substantiallyin the order in which they are applied to the spindle.

Throughout the drawings and specification the same numerals of reference indicate like parts. I

Referring more particularly t'o the parts, 10 represents an axle provided with the usual shoulder l1, beyond which is formed the spindle l2, which spindle has a reduced eX- tension 13, which is provided with threads 14 for a portion of its length, and it should appear that this extension is mutilated or cut away so as to have al flat face 15. An oilgroove 16 may be formed in the lateral surface of the spindle 12, as indicated. It should appear that adjacent to the extension 13 the spindle 12 is formed into an annular shoulder 17. A hub-sleeve 1S is adapted to be applied to the said spindle in the manner indicated in Fig. 7. It should appear that this sleeve is of a common form,having an inner bore 19 of substantially the diameter of the spindle 12 and an enlarged bore or mouth 20, provided with an internal thread, as indicated, the enlarged bore 2O being connected with the reduced bore by a conical shoulder 21, as shown. After this sleeve 18 hasA been applied to the spindle in the manner shown a collar 22 is applied to the reduced extension 1,3. It should appear that this collar comprises a body 23 of substantially cylindrical form having an incomplete bore 24, whereby a flat face 25 is formed. This collar has a head 26 of enlarged diameter and a conical shoulder 27, as shown. It should be understood that this collar is applied to the reduced eX- tremity of the spindle in the manner shown in Fig. 7, so that the flat face 25 rests upon the fiat face 15, the inner extremity of the body 23 resting adjacent to the aforesaid shoulder 17. When so applied, the conical 'face 27 abuts against the conical shoulder 21 aforesaid, and this collar from this arrangement affords means for retaining the sleeve 18 in position. The hub-nut 28 is then applied, being received by the threads 14 aforesaid, and, as will be readily understood, it is eX- pected to maintain the collar 22 in position. It consists, substantially, of a body 29, preferably of hexagonal form, having an annular shoulder or head 30, providing an inner face 31, which is adapted to rest against the outer face of the collar 22, as indicated. The lateral faces 32 ofthis nut are provided with elongated openings or recesses 33, which are disposed longitudinally with reference to the axis of the nut and which extend through to the bore 34 of the nut at the outer face 40 thereof. These openings or recesses 33 are for the purpose of effecting an adjustment of the nut and for retaining the same in different positions. For this purpose they coperate with a small split pin 35, which is insorted in a transverse opening 36,which passes diametrically through the threaded extension 13, as illustrated most clearly in Figs. 6 and IOO 7. As will be readily' understood, this pin is adapted to pass through a pair of the diametrically opposite openings. Evidently to effect an adjustment of the nut it is necessary only to remove the pin and to turn the nut in either direction to the desired amount, bringing a second pair of the openings 33 into alinement with the opening 36 and replacing the pin as before. After these parts have been assembled in the manner described a cap-nut 37 may be screwed into the threaded bore 20 of the hub-sleeve 18, the Washer 38 being first applied to the extremity of the sleeve, as indicated. It should appear that this cap-nut 37 has an internal bore or chamber 39,Which receives the aforesaid nut 2S and the threaded extension 13 of the spindle. i y It should appearl that in the manner described a very simple arrangement is provided for maintaining the hub in position and at the same time enabling necessary adjustments to be quickly made when desired. Evidently the cap-nut 37 affords means for preventing any possibility of the accidental removal or displacement of the split pin 35 unless the cap-nut 37 has been iirst removed.

Upon reference to Figs. 6 and 7 it will be seen that the spindle 12 is formed with an annular groove l5 at a point about midway the length of the iiattened portion 15, and the collar 22 is so disposed when in position lthat the head 26 thereof extends partially across said groove, as seen in Fig. 7, the collar not fitting snugly to the spindle, as` is shown in said figure, thus permitting the lubricant to readily nd access to all parts of the journal and to the hub-nut and the threads on the spindle with which said hub-nut is engaged.

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

The combination with the spindle having reduced extension with screw-threads, fiattened portion, annular groove intersected by said flattened portion, shoulder and transverse opening, of a sleeve inclosing said spindle and having enlarged mouth with internal threads, and a conical shoulder, a collar having a bore with flattened face conforming to the flattened portion of said extension, an enlarged head extending partially across said conical shoulder of said sleeve, a cap-nut threaded upon the threaded portion of said extension and having lateral faces with longitudinally-disposed openings, a spring-pin passed through said openings and through the opening in said extension, a washer bearing against the outer end of said sleeve and a cap-nut having threaded extension engaging the internal threads of the mouth of said sleeve, and a flange engaging` the outer face of said washer, the parts all being arranged, constructed and operating, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

PIERRE DANSEREAU. Witnesses:

T. MYNARD, V. CooHUE.

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