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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
LIBOBIO C. BONELLI, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
RESILIENT WHEEL.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Apr. 30, 1918.
Application filed September 23, 1916. Serial No. 121,773.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, LIBoRIo C. BONELLI,
a subject of the King of Italy, residing at
San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and
5 State of Texas, have invented new and use-
ful Improvements in Resilient Wheels, of
which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to improvements in
the construction of vehicle wheels, and the
10 primary object thereof is to produce a me-
tallic wheel which shall embody all of the
resilient properties of a pneumatic wheel.
In carrying out the invention it is my pur-
pose to construct a resilient wheel wherein
15 the rim or felly is movable with relation to
the tread or tire, means of a novel construc-
tion, and including resilient elements, being
arranged between the said rim and tire
whereby to permit of the yielding of the
20 tire toward or away from the rim and also
whereby to prevent the creeping of the tire
around the rim.
It is also my purpose to produce a resilient
wheel comprising a metallic tubular tire or
25 tread having its inner face formed with a
continuous opening to receive the flanged
rim or felly of the wheel, and to arrange be-
tween the said tread and felly yieldable
means for normally sustaining the said
30 members in proper relation to each other,
said means also preventing the creeping of
the tread or tire around the rim or felly and
being so positioned as to equally absorb any
shock or jar to which the wheel may be
35 subjected and as a consequence reduce the
danger of breakage of the parts to a mini-
mum and at the same time produce a spring
wheel that is strong and efficient and where-
in the rim and tread are yieldable with re-
40 spect to each other in all directions.
It is a still further object of the invention
to produce a metal wheel wherein the tread
member is yieldably secured to the rim or
felly; wherein the tension of the resilient
45 means between the said rim and felly may
be.adjusted conveniently without separating
the parts; wherein the tendency of the creep-.
ing of the tread around the felly is com-
pensated for, and wherein the operative ele-
50 ments between the tread and felly are. effec-
tively protected against the accumulation of
dust or dirt as well as against the entrance
of moisture thereto.
It is a still further object of the inven-
55 tion to produce a metallic wheel in which
the tire or tread is yieldable with respect tothe rim or felly that shall be of a simple
construction, cheaply and easily manufac-
tured and which shall also embody great
strength and durability. 60
With these and other objects in view,
which will more fully appear as the nature
of the invention is better understood, the
same consists in the novel construction, com-
bination and arrangement of parts herein- 65
after more fully described, illustrated and
claimed.
The essential feature of the invention in-
volved in the provision of the resilient me-
tallic wheel, is necessarily susceptible to 70
structural modifications without departing
from the scope of the invention, but a satis-
factory illustrative embodiment of the latter
is shown by the accompanying drawings, in
which: 75
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a resilient
wheel constructed in accordance with the
present invention, parts being broken away
and parts being shown in section,
Fig. 2 is a sectional view approximately 8o
on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,
Fig. 3 is .a sectional view approximately
on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1,
Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinal sectional
view approximately on the line 4-4 of Fig. 85
3, and
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one pair of
the lever members employed in the construc-
tion.
Referring now to the drawings in detail 90
the wheel, in its entirety, is broadly indi-
cated by the numeral 6 and is preferably,
but not necessarily, entirely constructed of
metal.
The hub of the wheel, indicated by the 95
numeral 7, has radiating therefrom. the
spokes 8 which connect the rim or felly 9
to the said hub. In the present instance the
rim or felly 9 comprises an annulus formed
with side flanges 10 extending outwardly 100
therefrom and being arranged in parallel-
ism, so that the rim or felly is substantially
U-shaped in cross section. The rim 9, at
determined intervals, approximately central
between certain of the spokes 8, is provided 105
with. circular openings that are surrounded
by sleeves 11, the said sleeves being formed
with exterior threads that are engaged by
interior threads of the cap members 12. The
rim 9 upon its outer surface, and at a suit- 110
able distance away from the sleeves 11, is
formed or otherwise provided with lugs 13,1,264,765.
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