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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM N. ALLAN, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
VEHICLE-WHEEL.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented May 18, 1920.
Application filed August 8, 1919. Serial No. 316,163.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. ALLAN,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and
5 State of Texas, have invented new and use-
ful Improvements in Vehicle-Wheels, of
which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to vehicle wheels,
and particularly to a tire therefor. The
10 present invention embodies features of im-
provement relatively to the.constructions of
tire disclosed in my pending application,
Serial No. 159,702, filed April 4, 1917, and
United States Patents Nos. 1,290,033, and
15 1,297,052, patented January 7, 1919, and
March 11, 1919, respectively, and particu-
larly to the spring band tire explained in
my said Patent No. 1,297,052. The present
improved tire has the same advantages in
20 operation as in my previous tires and em-
bodies spring and yielding means adapted
to carry an equal part of the load both as
to actual weight and driving stress or strain
thereon. The present improved tire also
25 embodies yielding features capable of work-
ing freely in any direction and compensat-
ing for side stress as well as angular posi-
tions to accommodate variations in the road
surface over which the wheel bearing the
30 tire may move.
The invention consists in the preferred
construction and arrangement of the sev-
eral parts which will be more fully herein-
after described and claimed.
35 In the drawings:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wheel
embodying the features of the invention.
Fig. 2 is a transverse central section of
the improved wheel.
40 Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section of a
portion of the tire, parts of the wheel be-
ing shown in elevation.
Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section
taken through the clips as shown by Fig. 3..
45 Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken in.
the plane of the line 5-5. Fig.- 4..
Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one
of the connecting plates for the outer ex-
tremities of the clips.
50 Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively an end
view and an inner elevation of one of the
clips.
Figs. 9 and 10 are respectively a plan
view and an edge view partially broken
55 away of oe of the clip connecting springs.Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view of one
of the spring securing heads.
The numeral 5 designates a wheel em-
bodying a hub 6 and spokes 7 radiating from
the hub to the felly 8 and provided with 60
a metal rim 9 having a beveled side edge
10 projecting outwardly, the opposite side
edge being struck inwardly at an angle, as
at 11, and continued into a flange 12 ex-
tending over a portion of one side of the 65
felly and held fixed to the latter. The felly,
as shown, is preferably made of wood, but
it is obvious that it could be constructed
of metal and the periphery thereof shaped
to correspond to the contour of the rim 9, 70
the latter when used obviating wear on
the felly when made of wood. The wheel
is also provided with a removable rim 13
which in- the present instance is hollow to
lighten the same and has an outer convex 75
edge or bearing surface 14 wherein screw
studs are regularly secured, as at 15, and
have outwardly projecting smooth stems 16
formed with transverse openings 17, one in
each. The removable rim 13 is held on and 80
surrounds the fixed rim 9 and the base
thereof is formed with opposite bevels. as
at 18 and 19, the bevel 18 fitting snugly
upon the enlarged beveled side edge 10 of
the rim 9 and the bevel 19 cooperating 85
with the downward bevel 11 of the said
rim 9 to form a seat 20 in which a locking
or keying ring 21 is removably held by
flange collars or washers 22 engaged by
bolts 23 extending through the felly 8, the 90
washers 22 being held in snug engagement
with the locking or keying ring through
the medium of nuts 24. It will therefore be
understood that the rim 13 together with all
of the parts of the tire connected thereto 95
and carried thereby may be readily with-
drawn from or applied over the felly 8 and
rim 9 of the wheel 5 and when in applied
position will be positively held against dis-
placement or loose movement. 100
The improvement embodies a resilient tire
organization held or supported by the rim
13, and the parts of this organization may
be dismembered for repair and substitution
without displacing the said rim 13 from ap- 105
plied. position on the wheel. The tire or-
ganization in the present instance embodies
a plurality of clips 25 with outer heads 26
from which the remaining portion of each
clip tapers or converges to inner terminal 1101,340,593.
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Allan, William N. Vehicle-Wheel, patent, May 18, 1920; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1256526/m1/3/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.