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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
DAVID BROWN, OF CLINTON, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN WHEELS FOR VEHICLES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1416,7r8, dlatet Decrnter%2'1: 173; application filed
September 6, 1872.To all whom it may oecern:
Be it known that I, DKvi BuowNI, of Clin-
ton, in the county of De Witt and State of
Texas, have invented a new and useful Im-
provement in Hub for Vehicle- Whleels, of
which the following is a. specilfiation:
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my im-
proved hub. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the
same taken through the line a x, Fig. 1.
My invention has for its object to furnish
an improved hub for buggy and other vehicle
wheels, which shall be simple in construction,
strong, aild durable, and whlilch will nin with
little friction,
The invention consists in a combination. of
parts specifically indicated in the claim, and
hereinafter described.
A represents the axle, upon ihe end of which
is formed an axle-arm, B, made octagonal or
of other polygonal form. C is a short cylin-
der, having a hole formed through it of the
same shape as the axle-ariu 1E, and the onter
surface of which forms the journal or the hub.
The cylinder C is placed upon the middle part
of the arm B, and upon said arm B, upon each
side of the cylinder C, is placed a :flange, D.
The flanges D my be may b de somewhat conicalin form, and are secured in place upon said
axle-arm a by a linch-pin. E is a ring, which
forms the hub proper, and which is made with
a ring groove to receive the tenons of the
spokes, which tenons are separated from each
other by thin partitions F, which may be made
V-slmped, as shown in Fig. 1 if desired. The
outer edges of the ring E have flanges C
ormnned upon them, which overlap the edges of
the flanges D, as shown in Fig. 1. The spokes
may be further secured in place by bolts H,
passed through the flanged outer edges of the
ring L, as shown in Figs. I and 2.
The various parts of the hulb may be cast of
any suitable metal.
Having thus described my invention, I claim
as new and desire to secure by Letters 'Pat-
ent-
The cylinder C and flanges D, having po-
lygonalbearing-surfaces, and the grooved and
flanged ring E, in combination with the poly g-
onal axle-arm, as shown and described.
DATVID II3.OW-N.
Witnesses :
Rtun. KxLErnEG,
Tox. C. Simnaru.
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Brown, David. Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles., patent, December 23, 1873; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166915/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.