US700514A - Vehicle-wheel. - Google Patents

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N0. 700,5l4. l Y Patnted May 20, |902.

' G. S. LEE.A

VEHICLE WHEEL. (Application filed Nov. 1, 1901.)

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G.l s.l LEE.` vEHlcL'E WHEEL. (Application tiled Nov. 1, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES.;

@PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. LEE, OF HAWTHORNE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO WHEEL WITHIN WHEEL COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

V'EHICLE-WHEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,514, dated May 20, 1902.

n Application led November 1901. Serial No. 80,770. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. LEE, a citivzen of the United States of America, residing at Hawthorne, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements kin Vehicle- Wheels, of which the following isa specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof.

My invention relates to vehicle-wheels, and particularlyto vehicle-wheels of the type described and claimed in United States Letters Patent No. 672,908, of April 30, 1901.

The object of the `present invention vis to simplify and improve the construction and ar-A rangement of parts inthe'type of wheel set forth in such patent and to strengthen the Wheel, so that it may be applicable to a heavy' of the same, the plane of section being taken;k Fig. 3 is another view in central transverse section, the,plane upon theline' 2 2 of Fig. 1.

of section thereof being.takenupontheline 3 Blof .'Fig. 1. Fig. 4n is an ,enlargedv view in detail of one Vof the 'hub-sections employed, a portion of a floating plate,"a'nd one'of the guide-plates employed. Fig. 5 is a detail view,

in perspective of one of the intermediate;

guide-plates removed from the wheel.

My improved wheel comprises two members, one carrying the hub portion, and which,

as heretofore, I designate the hub member,

and theother carrying the outer rim or tire, and which I term the tire member.V The hub member com prisesthe hub proper, (herein designated by the reference character 1,) a plurality of spokes 2, radiating therefrom ,and a rim 3. The tire member comprises a tire-rim 4, ap'lurality of spokesi, and a floating plate 6. The oatingplate is provided'with a slot or slots? ,and the hub is provided with similar slots or grooves 8 at right angles thereto. Intermediate guideplates 9, of which one is shown in detail in Fig. 5, are provided and are, arranged between the opposite faces of Vthe floating plate and the inner facesof the hub. The intermediate guide-plates are each provided with tongues 10, projectingtherefrom upon opposite sides thereof and at right angles to each other. These tongues are fitted to the grooves or slots 7 8, and the said guide-plates will therefore positively lo'ck the hub and the floating plate against relative ro-` tation of each other, but will permit relative movement of thetwo members in the plane vof rotation of the wheel.` An annular cushioning device, here shown asaiiexible iniatable tube 11, is arranged between the rim 31of the hub member and the tire-rim4. A supporting-rim 12 is preferably `secured to the. tire-rim 4 to form a convenientsupport for the saidcushioning device. The hub proper, 1, comprises herein two separable and separate sections, each having aplurality of oppositely-disposed radial arms. The inner ends of the spokes 2 -are arranged between the opposed radial arms and form spacing-pieces therefor. Bolts and nuts 13 engage the said hub-sections and the spokes andsecure them together. y g j The *foregoingl construction while having the merit of. greatsimplicity. provides extreme rigidity, and gives thestlelgthlnellssary for taking care ofthe severeside strainltofwhich a wheel ofthis character'is 'liablefto-b'e sub- ;fjected; l f I The loating plate 6 has a plurality of radially-'extending arms, which alternate ,with `the arms of the hub 1. These radial arms are recessed, and the inner ends of the spokes 5 are fitted to such recesses. bifurcated andihave each two branches which fdiverge from the inner supported end, and at their'vouter endsboth of *the said'branches Vare secured to the tire-riml 4. Eaclrspoke comprises twomemberssecuredtogether, as by bolts and nuts 14.*' vThese.menajeers" are arranged upon opposite` sides and surround the cushioning-ring 11. By reference more particularly to Fig. 2 it will be seen that one member of each of the said spokes is secured to the fioatin g plate, while the other member is secured to the rst said member by the said bolts or nut-s 14. By loosening said bolts The spokes 5 are IOO or nuts 14 one member' of each of the spokes may be removed and access maybe obtained rubber tread l5, which tread may be em-l ployed or omitted, as desired.

It will be noted as a matter of construction that the interior faces of the hub-sections are each in a plane and that the thickness of the floating plate Gis substantially equal to the distance between the said hub-faces. The floating plate is recessed in order to receive the intermediate guide-plates. This construction simplifies the manufacture of this portion of the wheel and reduces the cost thereof, while at the same time it provides a simple and comparatively light construction, combined with great strength and durability. The movable parts are well protected, and that in a very simple manner, from dust or dirt.

I do not desire to be limited only to the precise details of construction and combination of parts as herein set forth, as the same may obviously be varied within wide limits without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim is-- l. A wheel comprising two relatively movable members, one a tire member and the otherahub member, and having a cushioning device between them, the hub member comprising two hubsections,a plurality of spokes, and a rim, the said spokes having portions thereofloeated between the said hub-sections to form spacing-pieces therefor, and secured to the said hub-sections.

2. A wheel comprising two relatively movable members, one a tire member and the other a hub member, and having an annular cushioning device between them, the hub member comprising two hub-sections, each having a plurality of oppositely-disposed radial arms, a spacing-piece between each of the said opposed radial arms, said spacingpieces comprising the inner ends of spokes, bolts connecting the hub-sections together and passing through said spacing-pieces, and a rim supported by the opposite ends of said spokes.

3. In a wheel, the combination with ahub, spokes and a rim, of a tire-rim, an annular cushioning device between the tire-rim and the first said rim, a floating plate, spokes comprising separable members arranged on either side of the said annular cushioning device, and connecting the said floating plate and tire-rim together, and an intermediate guideplate between the floating plate and the hub.

4. In a wheel, the combination with a hub,

spokes and a rim, of a tire-rim, an annular cushioning device between the tire-rim and the first said rim, a floating plate, spokes comprising, each, two members secured together, and connecting said floating plate and said tire-rim, said members arranged on opposite sides of said annular cushioning device, and an intermediate guide plate between the floating plate and the hub.

5. In a wheel, the combination with ahub, spokes and a rim, of a tire-rim, an annular cushioning device between the tire-rim and the first said rim, a floating plate, spokes comprising each two members, one member of each spoke secured to the said floating plate and said tire-rim, and arranged to pass on one and the same side of said. annular cushioning device, andthe other spoke member removably secured to the first said spoke member, and arranged upon the opposite side of said cushioning device, whereby the two members of each said spokes surround said cushioning device; and anintermediate guideplate between the floating plate and the hub.

G. In a wheel, the combination with a hub, spokes and a rim, of a tire-rim, an annular cushioning device between the tire-rim and the first said rim, a floating plate, spokes radiating from said floating plate, each spoke comprising two members, secured together, and together surrounding the said cushioning device, the said spokes having each two divergent branches, and secured at the outer ends of the said branches to the said tire-rim; and an intermediate guide-plate between the floating plate and the hub.

'7. The combination in a wheel comprising two members, of a hub comprising two hubsections, spacing-pieces between them and secured thereto, said spacing-pieces comprising the inner ends of spokes, a rim to which the outer ends of said spokes are secured, said hub, spokes and rim comprising one ofy said wheel members; a tire-rim, a floating plate located within said hub, spokes connecting said floating plate with said tire-rim, said spokes comprising separable members, the said tire-rim, floating plate and lastnamed spokes comprising the other of said wheel members; an annular cushioning device between the rim of said first named wheel member and the tire-rim of the other said wheel member, and located between the said separable spoke-sections, and an intermediate gnide-plate between the said hub and the said floating plate.

GEORGE S. LEE.

\Vitnesses:

C. F. GARRINGTON, A. Il. Fui-inns.

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