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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE 2. CLARKE, OF FORT CLARK, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND
SAMUEL B. M. YOUNG AND RICHARD S. KINNEY, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.
CARRIAGE-WHEEL.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,223, dated November 8, 1881.
Application filed August :4, 1881. (No model.)
To all whoni it may concern : proportion of the wheel-rim, the remainder of 50
Be it known that I, GEOG R. CLARKE, re- the periphery being occupied by the metal box
siding at Fort Clark, Kinney county, in the now to be described.
State of Texas, have invented certain new and The boxes are all similar each to the other.
5 useful Improvements relating to Carriage- A description of one will suffice for the whole.
Wheels, of which the following is a specifiea- M is the box, a certain portion being desig- 55
tion. nated, when necessary, by an additional mark,
Theuatureofmyinvenltioconsists insocon- M'. A capacious cavity, m, is formed in the
structing a carriage-wheel that the members box, open in the inside to receive the tenon of
io thereof may be made interchangeable, and the the corresponding spoke E and fit accurately
whole may be made at a factory and shipped and tightly thereon. The width of the box is 6o
thence "knocked down," to be assembled and exactly that of the wheel-rim. The depth is a
put together at any point to which the same little greater than the wooden portion of the
may be shipped, not requiring, as is usual, the wheel-rim, so that while the inner side of the
I5 aid of a blacksmith or other skilled labor, nor box is flush with the wheel-rim the outer side
requiring that the tire should be heated and or face presented toward the tire extends far- 65
shrunk on. I provide metallic boxes, which ther in the middle, that portion being in the
may be either malleable iron castings or drop- form of a V-shaped ridge, M'. This ridge en-
forgings of iron or steel, which form the jurc- gages in a corresponding groove, p, in the tire
20 tions between the ends of the spokes and the P, and is of sufficient width to afford proper
fellies, and also serve as a means of effectually strength, and of sufficient height to prevent 70
securing the tire. I unite the several spokes at the tire from coming off in the event of the
the center by a metallic hub peculiarly formed wheel-rim becoming smaller by the shrinkage
and applied. of the wood, thus serving as a means of reli-
25 The accompanying drawings form a part of ably securing the tire to the wheel at the end
this specification, and represent what I con- of each spoke, and consequently at each juneuc- 75
sider the best means of carrying out the in- tion of the respective fellies. The two faces
vention. of the box f which are presented at each side
Figure l is a face view of myimproved wheel. of the wheel-rim are plane. The two faces of
30 Fig. 2 is a section through the same. The re- the box M which are presented to receive the
maining figures are on a larger scale. Fig. 3 ends of the fellies are recessed, as indicated 8o
is a view showing the connection of a spoke by cm, slightly beveled. The ends of the fel-
with the adjoining fellies. Fig. 4 is a similar lies are reduced by hand or by machinery so
view in section. Fig. 5 is a section on the line as to match therein.
35 S S in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a section on the line When it is necessary to remove one or more
T T in Figs. 4 and 5, and Fig. 7 is a side ele- of the parts, the nuts D D are slackened, the 85
vation of one of the metallic boxes, bolts C O removed, the follower B taken off,
Similarlettersofreferenceindicatelikeparts and the hub A withdrawn. It now becomes
in all the figures. possible to loosen the rim by drawing one or
40 Ais the main body of the hub, and A' a broad more of the spokes E E with its corresponding
flange thereon. box M radially inward. This will loosen the 90
B is a follower, fitting tightly on the hub. whole rim, and new pieces, whether spokes or
C C are bolts, and D D are nuts. fellies, may be inserted. If none of the pieces
E E, &c., are spokes, which may be of hick- are broken, but the rim has become smaller by
45 ory or other suitable wood. the shrinkage of the fellies, small strips of
GGarefellies, arrangedtoform,respectively, leather,sheet metal, or other suitable material 95
the portions of the rim of the wheel between maybe placed atthe bottom of the recesses n'
the ends of the several spokes. The follies are in the boxes H for the ends of the fellies to
something less in length than their respective abut against, and thus enlarge the circumfer-
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Clarke, George R. Carriage Wheel., patent, November 8, 1881; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170250/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.