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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ROBERT L. FINLEY, OF BONHAM, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO
J. F. SADLER, OF SAME PLACE.
AXLE-SKEIN.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,677, dated August 11, 1896.
Application filed December 6, 1895, Serial No. 571,275. (No model.)To all whom. it neay concern:
Be it known that I, ROBERT LEE FINLEY,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Bonham, in the county of Fannin and State
5 of Texas, have invented a new and useful
Axle-Skein, of which the following is a speci-
fication.
The invention relates to improvements in
axle-skeins.
to The object of the present invention is to
improve the construction of axle-skeins, to
increase their strength and durability, and
to decrease the wear of the same at the bot-
tom thereof.
15 The invention consists in the construction
and novel arrangement and combination of
parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated
in the accompanying drawings, and pointed
out in the claims hereto appended.
20 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
view of an axle-skein constructed in accord-
ance with this invention, the axle-skein be-
ing inverted to show the roller. Fig. 2 is a
central longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3
25 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 4 is a
detail perspective view of the outer end of
the skein, the latter being arranged substan-
tially as shown in Fig. 1.
Like numerals of reference designate cor-
30 responding parts in all the figures of the
drawings.
1 designates an axle-skein having a solid
spindle portion 2 and provided with a sleeve
3, which is adapted to be placed on an axle-
35 body, and the sleeve is provided at its bottom
with a perforation 4 for the reception of a tie
or connecting rod designed to extend between
the skeins of an axle to retain them on the
body thereof.
40 The spindle portion 2 of the skein is pro-
vided with an outer threaded end 5, and it
has at its bottom a longitudinal groove or re-
cess 6, in which is arranged a longitudinally
disposed antifriction-roll 7, which has its
45 ends journaledinbearings 8 and 9 at the ends
of the groove or recess. The roll 7 projects
beyond the bearing-surface of the spindle
portion 2 at the bottom thereof, and is adapted
to receive the weight of a load, and it pre-vents much of the wear to which an ordinary 50
spindle is subjected. In order to increase the
bearing-surface of the spindle at the bottom
thereof, more than one roll may be provided,
as desired.
The bearings 8 and 9 preferably consist of 55
removable blocks, and the bearing 8 is ar-
ranged in a socket 10 at the inner end of the
longitudinal recess or groove, and the outer
bearing 9 is provided at its inner end with
an outwardly-projecting flange 11, and is de- 6o
tachably secured to the spindle portion of the
skein by a slide or key 12, arranged in a dove-
tailed groove or way end 5 and provided with
threads which complete the threads of said
threaded end 5. When an axle-nut 13 is 65
placed on the threaded end 5, it locks the
slide or key 12 in the dovetailed recess or
groove.
It will be seen that the axle-skein is simple.
and inexpensive in construction, that it is 70
strong and durable, and that it is adapted to
lessen the wear on spindle and axle boxes.
It will also be apparent that the roll may be
readily removed when desired, and that one
or more rolls may be employed. 75
Changes in the form, proportion, and minor
details of construction may be resorted to
without departing from the principle or sac-
rificing any of the advantages of the inven-
tion. 80
What I claim is-
1. The combination of a spindle provided
at its bottom with a longitudinal recess and
having at its outer threaded end a longitudi-
nal groove or way, a roll journaled in the 85
longitudinal recess, and a key or slide ar-
ranged in the groove or way, and detachably
securing the roll in the recess and provided
with threads completing the threads of the
spindle, whereby the axle-nut is adapted to 90o
lock the slide or key in place, substantially
as described.
2. The combination of a spindle provided
at its bottom with a longitudinal recess and
having a groove or way at its threaded end, 95
a roll arranged in the longitudinal recess, a
bearing-block supporting the outer end of the
roll, and a slide or key arranged in the groove
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Finley, Robert L. Axle-Skein., patent, August 11, 1896; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174345/m1/2/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.